Posted on 06/14/2018 5:59:26 PM PDT by Red Badger
Two housekeepers in Vermont were hospitalized Wednesday after they unknowingly ate marijuana edibles that were left behind by guests at Shelburne Farms, police said.
The housekeepers, who have not been identified, decided to taste what they believed to be be malted milk balls placed in a box labeled “salted caramel chocolates,” Shelburne police told the Burlington Free Press.
Shortly after, both employees fell ill -- one of whom was so sick she was found “lying in the inn’s driveway,” the newspaper reported.
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That’s how I remember it too. When I ate MJ, the effects lasted for quite some time. It could vary though, according to the metabolism of each person. Some folks have a system that runs high, even when under the influence. For rapid metabolism type people, the MJ may act as a stimulant vs a sedative, the way it is for the majority.
Then you can use the butter in brownies or to cook eggs and if you made olive oil pot you can put it on salads.
I’m in Washington state. We know things here.
ssssPOT on my man !
Far out, man.
The Candy Man
10x as strong.
“The lesson? Don’t shoot up THC!”
Eating it is not the most dangerous way to administer it. In the case of marijuana itself, you just can’t physically eat enough to get a lethal dose of THC. You could physically eat or drink 6 to 9 ounces of hash oil though - that would do it. That may be how most of the THC fatalities in the CDC statistics occur. The lowest LD50 actually came from smoking it.
With a high purity extract, smoking achieves an LD50 with the lowest total dose of THC. The CDC statistic posted earlier, shows that the USA was running between 18 to 22 people per year dying from cannabis overdose (not mixed with any other drug), from legalization until 2014. That rate is dwarfed by alcohol or opiates, but it shows that people can and do die from acute THC overdose.
THC achieves many of its effects by raising the levels of the Neurotransmitter dopamine. For the segment of the population that already has abnormally elevated dopamine levels (Psychotics, Schizophrenics), more typical recreational doses of THC can induce episodes. This is a much more common occurrence. Just like dogs can’t handle eating much chocolate, psychotics and schizophrenics can’t handle much THC.
As even normal people habitually overdrive the dopaminergic system with THC over time, they become susceptible to chronically lowered natural baseline dopamine levels - the classic pothead burnout syndrome - not motivated, not interested, not ambitious. Later in life, low dopamine syndromes like Parkinson’s disease become more likely.
A little THC effectively relieves tension and nausea, and it is very much less toxic, and far less addictive than other alternatives like alcohol or opiates. But it is not free of downsides - it is not a broad panacea like ginseng that is a general tonic to health, as some proponents sell it.
Although rare, people do die from from overdose with concentrated extracts. Many people sacrifice their potential accomplishments in life due to chronic abuse of THC intoxication - and a number of psychotics and schizophrenics freak out from using normal amounts of THC, on a fairly regular basis.
Oops, I forgot to address you on post 107, for your interest.
Cheers.
https://www.rehabs.com/pro-talk-articles/fatal-marijuana-overdose-is-not-a-myth/ explains in detail how to get marijuana-plus-other death counts from CDC (which I recreated) ... but not how to get the marijuana-only death counts in that chart. Until I can recreate those results, I remain skeptical.
Also worth noting:
“No death from overdose of marijuana has been reported.” - https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/drug_data_sheets/Marijuana.pdf
Also worth noting:
“No death from overdose of marijuana has been reported.”
Also worth noting:
That is what I said as well - People don’t OD from plain marijuana, people ARE dying from concentrated cannabis extracts - THC, hash oil, shatter and such.
That number is likely to rise from the 2014 levels of just 18 per year, with California’s newly legalized huge market (among others) and increased product development of concentrated extracts.
“I remain skeptical.”
Probably wise to do that both ways - don’t unquestioningly accept that Marijuana and THC are absolutely harmless as a matter of faith either.
They induce clear cognitive and personality effects, as well as producing well known changes to the brain and neurotransmitter levels over time.
Intermittent, moderate use will cause no problem for most people, and is effective for stress and several medical conditions (like nausea, PTSD, anxiety, short term depression, seizures). Marijuana (and THC) is an effective drug, and a pretty safe one - but not entirely safe. Not for chronic long term use, and not for people suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia.
Know your risks.
Straw man and moving the goalposts - I have never claimed that marijuana or any other substance is harmless.
“I have never claimed that marijuana or any other substance is harmless.”
I am not accusing you of doing that, just warning against it.
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