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Is there a documented and corroborated instance where someone died from a Marijuana overdose?

by writeaway
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Purely MJ overdose, mind you. Not THC mixed with crack, alcohol, PCP or horse glue (lol).

I ask because Milton Friedman raised that point in the video below:


I just want to fact check that assertion
  • Profile picture of the author discrat
    Never been a Pot man myself. Never could understand the allure. But overall it has done much less damage to our Society than alcohol !!
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      "At present it is estimated that marijuana's LD-50 is around1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response."
      https://weedpress.wordpress.com/scie...0-of-cannabis/
      So yeah if you can smoke 20,000 to 40,000 joints in one setting it can kill you.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

        "At present it is estimated that marijuana's LD-50 is around1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response."
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        So yeah if you can smoke 20,000 to 40,000 joints in one setting it can kill you.
        LOL. Hey Thom - you think I'm safe then? I will testify that more than two tokes off a really strong dubee can make you throw up.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jason Ladlee
        Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

        So yeah if you can smoke 20,000 to 40,000 joints in one setting.
        Challenge accepted
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        • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
          Originally Posted by Jason Ladlee View Post

          Challenge accepted
          How much so far?
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    It is hard to tell what came first, the person or the addiction, but there HAVE been cases of people doing things and/or not doing things, that have then caused death or extreme danger, and they seem to be correlated to the use of marijuana.

    Anyway, the LD has, to the best of my knowledge, NEVER been mentioned as a factor here. It has been impairment and attitude.

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    • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
      My brother, now in his mid-sixties, began smoking pot in his late teens. On and off he has also smoked cigarettes, but pot has been a constant. He hasn't smoked cigarettes for more than 10 years.

      He has never had any serious illness and remains fit and healthy. He has his own successful bricks and mortar business.

      I honestly can't see how smoking pot has had any adverse affects on him, his health, or his gray matter . . .
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    You'd need lungs like zeppelins to smoke that amount of weed and I figure they'd crush you to death long before you discovered how to abuse 'em.
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    • Profile picture of the author Cam Connor
      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      You'd need lungs like zeppelins to smoke that amount of weed and I figure they'd crush you to death long before you discovered how to abuse 'em.
      You know how to make me giggle there PB.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      You'd need lungs like zeppelins to smoke that amount of weed and I figure they'd crush you to death long before you discovered how to abuse 'em.
      Yep as most people already know. The only way Cannabis can kill you is if a bale of it falls out of a plane and lands on your head.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    Is NBC Sports gonna cover this?

    Two guys smokin' 1500lbs of weed in a head-to-head could make for some great commentary as the action punches from the screen.

    "Interesting to check on the guys' tactics now as we spill over into Day 1,578 of this killer head-to-headcase knockout. Looks like Jason has adopted the classic Total Bodily Collapse stance on his way to lifting the trophy, which kinda shows you how ambitious these pro weed smokers can be, whereas Annie's Brother has assumed gaseous form, like some marijuana dracula, and I guess the tactic here is to fool the judges into a miscount. Either way, we got another 26 years, 3 months and 25 days to run on this pulse-pounding sporting spectacle, so while the smokers pause for a day or so to regain consciousness before taking on the next batch of 25 reefers, I'm handing over to a commercial break now before returning for another 9 month stint, then I'm quitting for a promo position with a college football team, maybe getting married, raising kids, and tuning in to the grand finale of this...yeah...this pulse-pounding sporting spectacle some time around my 50th, or my father's goddamn funeral, whichever comes first..."
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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    What can we actually learn from the UK's first marijuana 'overdose'?

    http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Over....jOF90yUB.dpbs

    Third Death in Colorado Linked to Marijuana Edibles | Food Safety News


    Quick summary of the articles: While some deaths may be on the coroner's report as marijuana overdose,
    later views contend heart problems exacerbated by the MJ use, or that the people choked in their own vomit.
    And contentions that being high was a contributing factor to behaviors leading to death.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      The edibles have been a bit of a problem.

      However, what if there ARE documented cases of MJ deaths - when did that ever stop anyone?
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Well, not directly, but I heard of a couple of fatal Cheetos overdoses occurring while smoking weed.
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    • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      Well, not directly, but I heard of a couple of fatal Cheetos overdoses occurring while smoking weed.
      I thought it was Doritos.
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

        I thought it was Doritos.
        Doritos is just a gateway drug. Leads to Cheetos abuse.
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        • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
          Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

          Doritos is just a gateway drug. Leads to Cheetos abuse.
          And then Pizza abuse.
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          In the 1970's there were hundreds of deaths linked directly to marijuana.
          Usually they involved the police breaking down the door of a marijuana dealer in the middle of the night, surprising him, and the suspect getting shot for ...well....defending themselves.

          Documented deaths linked directly to marijuana use.




          I wonder if there have been traffic deaths because of the slowed reaction time?

          But from inhaling weed? I've never heard of a case.
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          • Profile picture of the author ThomM
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            In the 1970's there were hundreds of deaths linked directly to marijuana.
            Usually they involved the police breaking down the door of a marijuana dealer in the middle of the night, surprising him, and the suspect getting shot for ...well....defending themselves.

            Documented deaths linked directly to marijuana use.




            I wonder if there have been traffic deaths because of the slowed reaction time?

            But from inhaling weed? I've never heard of a case.
            Probably but not the norm.
            Reasons Why Marijuana Users Are Safe Drivers
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    The only cases I've ever heard of are people dying from lung cancer. That had lees to do with what they were smoking, just the fact that they were smoking.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      The only cases I've ever heard of are people dying from lung cancer. That had lees to do with what they were smoking, just the fact that they were smoking.
      No it pretty much has to do with what they are smoking.
      Pot Smoking Not Linked to Lung Cancer
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  • Profile picture of the author Cam Connor
    Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

    Purely MJ overdose, mind you. Not THC mixed with crack, alcohol, PCP or horse glue (lol).
    Maybe you can be the first. It's good to have something to aim for.
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    • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
      Originally Posted by Cam Connor View Post

      Maybe you can be the first. It's good to have something to aim for.
      He was aiming for it, but then he got high.
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    • Profile picture of the author writeaway
      Originally Posted by Cam Connor View Post

      Maybe you can be the first. It's good to have something to aim for.
      I don't do drugs, alcohol, tobacco. Heck, I don't even eat meat/dairy products/eggs or drink caffeinated soda.

      I was just curious regarding Milton Friedman's statement in the video I posted.

      Personally, I believe alcohol is more destructive than weed.

      I've never seen anyone on pot (only on pot/not mixed with anything else) get angry.

      I guess they're too demotivated to get angry

      Alcohol, on the other hand....
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