Posted on 04/02/2014 10:25:16 AM PDT by 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.
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Was he doing hanstands on the railing? Weed cookie + balcony = death?
Not sure we are getting all the facts here. C’mon AP you could do better than that if you wanted to.
If you think you are safe among friends, best be sure you know who your friends are.
What a shame, the kid was only 19.
He should have waited until he was at least of legal age before eating the pot cookie and falling to his death.
The student was from the Republic of Congo and going to school in Wyoming, and only visiting Denver.
I wonder if he knew that the cookie contained a drug? He may be completely innocent in this terrible thing.
Pot is a harmless herb that’s good for you. - Runt Paul
I encountered LSD spiked punch and pot brownies at at college party (ca 1970) But everyone was warned (At least early in the evening). LSD is a truly dangerous drug and looking back, I cannot fathom anyone being so irresponsible. College kids...
I did learn from another source that the victim fell from a height of 33 feet and that he was an engineering student.
so everything should be legal then? Heroin, crack, cocaine, LSD, running red lights, stop signs, speeding through school zones....where is your line skippy??
No law = anarchy. think thats pretty simple concept
That is a hoax.
He didn't have to jump! Changing his name would have solved a myriad of problems.
I’d like to know what his BAC was at the time of his death.
Correct.
Correlation does not equal causation.
Dead dopehead.
Good riddance.
Alcohol for the win!
Today’s death count:
Planking/falling off on balcony while high on pot: 1
Driving while drunk: 28 (Includes innocent victims).
Maybe he was testing one of Newton’s Laws?
All he had to do was ask and I could have told him that from a practical standpoint they all still apply, all of the time.
Thanks for feedback.
Do they not have balconies in the Congo? It isn’t really that difficult NOT to fall off them, even if you are high.
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