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Cannabis

Roy Rolling

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9. Cannabis deaths

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 07:42 AM

May 2015

Individual humans sometimes have the strangest allergies, and a reaction to cannabis by someone is not out of the question.

But "overdose" death is extremely unlikely unless there are preexisting conditions.

So a cannabis death here or there is not to be unexpected, but to call that a result of a dangerous substance is not a reasonable conclusion. Cannabis is used in millions of doses without consequence and is 99.99999% safe, and cannot be logically compared to other substances like alcohol with proven scientific fatal overdoses.

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Pot death toll still at zero. [View all] Scuba May 2015 OP

Study Claims to Find First Two Deaths Caused by Marijuana oberliner May 2015 #1

Here's another one for ya... smiley May 2015 #2

This one could actually count and this data point should be tracked. Scuba May 2015 #4

I'm sure they are tracking it here in CO... smiley May 2015 #21

Wow, so Cannabis "toxicity" causes heart attacks? tridim May 2015 #5

Some other source was claiming 30k per year oberliner May 2015 #6

Pot does lower blood pressure a little bit but it also raises the heart rate quite a bit with me. LiberalArkie May 2015 #10

Kind of like watching a scary movie. tridim May 2015 #17

Another take: Pot deaths up 1000% !!! ret5hd May 2015 #3

Actually... Helen Borg May 2015 #11

I remember stories about a cannabis death during the late 90's, War Horse May 2015 #7

An internet myth? From the 90's? You're talking AOL there, buddy! d_legendary1 May 2015 #18

I think I read it in High Times in the mid-70's Fozzledick May 2015 #20

I once got into an auto accident because I was stoned. The_Commonist May 2015 #8

The point isn't to say it's harmless..... daleanime May 2015 #14

Perfect response! The_Commonist May 2015 #15

Cannabis deaths Roy Rolling May 2015 #9

You know, the bullshit about pot proves RWers are not totally rabid capitalists. malthaussen May 2015 #12

Criminalizing a big chunk of the population helps the oligarchs keep control. Scuba May 2015 #13

Sure, but that could have been done with other things. malthaussen May 2015 #16

hey give me time okay ? olddots May 2015 #19