I was under the impression that no one had ever died of a THC overdose. Of course, 4-year-olds are not usually big consumers.
Yes. It’s interesting.
Curious myself, I looked up more articles on this case.
From Law & Crime: Drug producers often exploit laws that ban particular chemical compounds – by creating synthetic products that, while derived from natural sources in many cases, are not exactly the same (or as safe) as the drugs they intend to mimic in terms of effects. The National Library of Medicine notes that Delta-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol is an analogue of THC that occurs naturally. In chemistry, and drug culture in particular, an analogue is understood to be a compound that is chemically similar at the molecular level to a more popular drug – but not identical. The 1980s and 1990s scares regarding “designer drugs” largely concerned analogues – drugs that are reverse-engineered to be similar to known drugs.
Delta-8 THC is basically a synthetic designer drug.
Most people just develop bipolar or schizophrenia which of course increases the number of people saying it's fine.