Student fell to death after eating pot cookie (Denver CO)

Associated Press ^ | Apr 2, 2014 12:21 PM EDT

[Olog-hai]

The Denver coroner says an exchange student from Wyoming fell to his death after eating a marijuana cookie, the first reported death linked to marijuana since the drug became legal for recreational use in Colorado in January.

Nineteen-year-old Levy Thamba died after falling from the balcony of a Denver hotel on March 11. …

[Know et al]

When will they ever outlaw cookies? How many have to die?

OTOH When cookies are outlawed only outlaws will have cookies.

[12th_Monkey]

your statement implies that any rules governing your freedom is big government. So if I support laws governing behavior makes me “big government”, then unlimited exercise of your freedoms makes you an anarchist.

[dead]

Was anybody in Colorado unable to get pot when it was illegal?

[csvset]

More info from the Denver Post.

Denver coroner: Man fell to death after eating marijuana cookies

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Thamba consumed "marijuana cookies" and "soon thereafter exhibited hostile behavior (pulling items off the walls) and spoke erratically."

"The decedent's friends attempted to calm him down and were temporarily successful," the report states.

"However, the decedent eventually reportedly jumped out of bed, went outside the hotel room, and jumped over the balcony railing."

So high he thought he could fly? It's StuporMan!

[dfwgator]

Cookie Monster is deeply saddened over this

"'C' is for Cannabis, that's good enough for me."

[MinuteGal]

"Student fell to death after eating pot cookie"

Must have been a ginger snap.

Leni

[Ken H]

So would you have fedgov shut down CO’s marijuana program, or do you support CO’s 10th Amendment authority to decide the issue?

[12th_Monkey]

States rights, always.

If the same vote came up in Texas, I’d vote against it, but if I lost....oh well, just keep fighting it.

[Texas Eagle]

A Wyoming college student who jumped to his death at a Denver hotel had eaten more of a marijuana cookie than was recommended by a seller, police records show - a finding that comes amid increased concern about the strength of popular pot edibles after Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.

Wait a minute.

Did he fall to his death or did he jump to his death?

Was he having some sort of hallucination or was he just woozy?

Splitting hairs? Perhaps.

And why is there a "recommended" use advisory?

I thought marijuana was something you can't OD on.

Well. Either way. I'm sure potheads will continue to refer to marijuana use as a victimless crime.

Obviously Levy Thamba Ponji will no longer be one of them.

[Olog-hai]

AP is famous for conflict between headline and paragraph content.