Has anyone ever died from smoking pot?
 

I was reading this news story http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100417/...rijuana_expo_1 and one of the commentators claimed that "no one has died from pot".
Anyone know if this is true?

I'm assuming he meant pot alone not pot mixed with crack, heroine, shrooms, alcohol, etc.

Although I don't smoke, if the claim is true, it does make you wonder about the wisdom of the current marijuana prohibition laws...

It is true.... there is not ONE SINGLE DEATH attributed to marijuana TO DATE. ANYWHERE.

And the laws are changing.... slowly....
but they're gonna get a big boost in November. Full legalization, up to an ounce per person, over 21 years old, is on the ballot here in Cali.

And as broke as we are here on the west coast.... I don't see how it's not going to pass.
And then, of course, we all know.... what happens in Cali spreads to the rest of the world. It will only be a matter of time before the Cali precedent overturns Federal Law.

And then we're talking about a whole new brave world.

I overate some very potent brownies once and got extremely fucked up. Uncomfortably fucked up. I don't see how you could smoke too much.

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Would have been decriminalized years ago here in Canada.

The reason it hasn't yet is the 'big brother' syndrome and how worried we were about what our "war on drugs' southern leaders were trying to accomplish.

Not to mention all the propaganda from US Media/Government, the old Nazi war propaganda doesn't even come close to the US drug propaganda.

since mankind has been recording modern history (writing it down).. no one anywhere has ever written anything about anyone ever dying from soley smoking pot.

Bob Marley?

I think its impossible to single out Bake as a killer, because OD's don't kill. & pot smokers usually do other things that kill, such as cigarettes or twinkies.

yeah never heard of anyone smoking too much pot and dying....

Not from smoking, but I heard about a Mexican who died when a bail of shitty dirt weed fell on him.

It may be true, but I bet you get side deaths from people being stupid on it. But of couse plant lovers will never accept this valid argument.

Getting high, then killing yourself with Drano, doesn't count.
Getting high, and driving off a cliff doesn't count.

Why?

Because the marijuana didn't kill you. Your own stupid actions killed you.
Things like alcohol, meth, junk, coke, prescription pills, huffing turpentine, etc. .... ACTUALLY can kill you.

There is no amount of weed you can smoke that will kill you. You'll pass out before that's even remotely possible.

So no, it's not a valid argument.

If I get hopped up on Red Bull, lose my mind, run naked through the streets and throw myself in front of a city bus....

does that count as a "Red Bull Death"?

of course not.

i know somebody who might die without pot - at least that is how he was the one time in 20 years i have known him that he ran out

I just wished people wouldn't smoke Pot then get on the Fast Line, Can't they just take side streets since they aren't in a hurry.

and erm... what caused you to lose your mind?...

The Red Bull. Let's say I drank 2 cases of the stuff.

again... What caused your own stupid actions. What you have done those stupid actions without your beloved plant and a clear head?
Yes of course you would!!! :thumbsup It's not the plants fault.

it causes me disbelief that I bet so many weed lovers would go to their deaths defending their magical curing plant.

And before you argue back, yes I like weed, I do it now and again and it's great. But I don't worship it like a diciple

Well there you have it, thanks for backing up my point made in my first post. :thumbsup

I am sure long term people have died from causes of smoking it. :2 cents:

It doesn't matter if I had 10 cases of Red Bull.... (or booze.... or weed.... or ludes.... or whatever.... )
the Red Bull (substitute your favorite substance here) did not CAUSE death. The bus caused the death.

There's a difference.

But things like booze.... (and many other things)... can actually cause you to die without intervention from a bus, train, rope, knife, gun, high building, toilet bowl cleaner, etc.... all on their own.

MJ does not. You can't kill yourself just by smoking too much weed. It is not possible.

how exactly is you betting something is true a valid argument?

That was my whole point from the start!!
There was no need for this debate lol :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

>Has anyone ever died from smoking pot?

Yes, he fucking smoked mine! :mad:

:1orglaugh

yeah you've got to wonder about lung cancer or whatever, smoking joints is unfiltered and you got the paper you are smoking too..bong is the better way to go but still possible to get lung cancer i would imagine.

Isn't this thread about thc overdose?


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Always a bong.... double filtered if possible. Tincture or baked goods or a vaporizer are even better. No smoke. But things like cookies are a little weird to me.... it sneaks up on you, and regulating it is not easy.

One time when I was high I gave the pizza deliverer a $200 tip.

One time, I was driving.... (with four other dudes).... and missed a whole city.
(but we were trippin' on LSD at the time too)

Sitting here smoking a joint of Bubba Kush, thinking I've read some of the history of Marijuana, how Randolph Hearst help to make it illegal in the first place because he hated the Mexicans, or how the shirts of the pioneers in the covered wagons were made from hemp and the covers themselves were made from hemp. The first draft of the constitution was made from it and the first US flag that Betsy Ross made was made from it. The stuff has been around for centuries, it's just perfected in Northern California

I guarantee that there are many more "side deaths" attributable to alcohol, etc than marijuana.

Marijuana is not lethal to the human body like heroin, alcohol, meth, coke, prescription pills, etc.


I agree with Amp.

Not dying doesn't mean it isn't damaging to the brain, etc..

Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man.

http://www.freewebs.com/speedlemania/dazed16.jpg

Can't wait for November :thumbsup

You know what's more damaging to the brain?
Experimental untested drugs the U.S. Government forced us to take at gunpoint in Desert Storm '91.
Years of untested mind-altering drugs with NASTY side effects being prescribed by the bucket load to millions of people all over the country. Shit that makes you not care if you continue to live another day. Shit prescribed by "doctors".

Lithium, Lamotrigine, Paxil, Valium, Oxycodone, Percocet, Lunesta, Ambien, Vicodin, and an endless supply of tequila.

Shit people take every single day, that is perfectly acceptable to everyone.

whats in november?..

By your logic, alcohol & pot had nothing to do with this tragedy...It was just the driver being stupid...drinking/smoking weed with 5 kids in her car, then driving the wrong way on a highway...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Ta..._Parkway_crash

There is no way you would reach a lethal dose of THC by smoking. You'll pass the fuck out long before you OD. You'd have to ingest it orally, and even then you'd have to eat one fuckton of weed...

Sounds like me. But I'm omn vacation this week and didn't bring any with me. Looking forward to my return bong hit when I get home.

and? that logic is perfectly sound. if you get smashed, then jump in a car with your kids and drive head on into a semi truck. that's your fucking stupidity at work, not marijuana, not booze, not anything other than your own dumb ass being dumb.

It WAS just the driver being stupid.

Marijuana on it's own isn't killing anyone or anything via OD. You cannot OD on weed. You CAN kill yourself strictly drinking booze, or doing any other number of drugs.

I'm not saying it doesn't alter your mind, or relieve you from responsibility as an adult and a functioning fucking cog in society.... you are still responsible for your actions.

But the weed and/or the alcohol in the situation you've described, is NOT what killed them.

Look at the facts in your own statement.

If she had sat on the sofa and drank enough, it would have killed her eventually... by way of alcohol poisoning. If she had sat on the sofa long enough and smoked weed enough.... she would have gone to sleep and been fine when she woke up.

The driving off the cliff was a lack of responsibility.... not toxicity.

I drink and smoke. I don't do either of those things and then go driving. Why? Because I'm not stupid and I'm a responsible adult.

Okay, this reply got me to :1orglaugh

total rubbish from someone who never had a blunt ... stoned ppl tend to be way more cautious becoz they KNOW they are on a ride ... besides, i never in my life met a weedhead who was aggressive ... alcohol is way more beasty ... to answer the Q: NO! NOT a single pot casualty has ever been reported ... you will puke, vomit, repeatively dig yer head in the ceramic bowl, but will NOT die ... heck, 12.000 yrs of using weed and no death recorded ... a gentle drug? :thumbsup

Annual Causes of Death in the United States
Tobacco 435,000
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,000
Alcohol 85,000
Microbial Agents 75,000
Toxic Agents 55,000
Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,347
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,000
Suicide 30,622
Incidents Involving Firearms 29,000
Homicide 20,308
Sexual Behaviors 20,000
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,0001
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,600
Marijuana 0

You & the angry cat are implying that she would have driven the wrong way on a highway if she was sober. There was no evidence of a suicide mission. Substance abuse does impair peoples judgment & abilities, thats why DWI is a big crime. Now you & many other people behave responsibly when you use pot or alcohol. That does not mean everyone is so wise or disciplined.

"IF" we're even going to call it "a drug".
It's a plant that grows naturally.

"Drugs" in my view, are created by big corps in big labs for big profits.
We're talking about a weed.

Illegal indeed. If I want to go out back, cut off a hunk of one of the trees and smoke it, who's to tell me I can't? Why is this weed any different?

It's not. Prohibition (which is what it is) on this plant needs to end.

Then they shouldn't be using substances that are beyond their maturity level. Period.
And there are consequences to being an idiot. It happens every single day with alcohol. You can't protect dumb people from themselves.

Researchers say about 2.5% of fatal car crashes were attributable to marijuana compared with nearly 29% attributable to alcohol.

The study also showed that drivers who tested positive for marijuana were more than three times as likely to be responsible for the fatal car crash. Researchers say the likelihood of being at fault increased as the blood concentration of marijuana increased.

what i do not understand is how the researchers know or not know if the driver was under the influence of pot since pot stays in the system for weeks after use

I had a friend who died from lung cancer and only smoke weed never touched a cigarette.




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I know 2 people that died from lung cancer and never smoked anything in their entire lives.

gfy causes cancer, fyi.