So... no one has died from thc?

[WeThePeople]

I was watching this medical show the other day, and there was this guy who was found dead with no appearant wounds or cause of death once the E.r doctor took a toxicoligy on the man marijuana was found in his system and he reported this as his cause of death, I found this very odd, because this stuff is supposed to be perfectly safe, and the guy didnt do anything stupid to cause his death while he was under the influence , since there was no evidence of it, The doctor noted it was just from the marijuana and it shutdown respiatory function or something.? so i dont know anymore

WeThePeople Reviewed by WeThePeople on 08-07-2007. So... no one has died from thc? I was watching this medical show the other day, and there was this guy who was found dead with no appearant wounds or cause of death once the E.r doctor took a toxicoligy on the man marijuana was found in his system and he reported this as his cause of death, I found this very odd, because this stuff is supposed to be perfectly safe, and the guy didnt do anything stupid to cause his death while he was under the influence , since there was no evidence of it, The doctor noted it was just from the Rating: 5

[nightlight]

they didnt look hard enough.

[nightlight]

either that or the weed was laced with an undetectable toxin, like what many people pass off as pcp but is really embalming fluid or something even worse for you.

[slipknotpsycho]

actually there is one debated case... i'm sure someone could find the link, but other then that no...

[Weedhound]

Thats exactly what happens in animals who overdose. Marijuana is considered a CNS depressent....it slows things down. In acute toxicity in dogs the heart rate, body temp, and blood pressure all lower....sometimes too much. Yes, they have to ingest a pretty good amount but it's the same thing with chocolate. If dogs ate one candy bar (a 50lb dog) they'd have no problem. If you ate a straight 5lbs of sees candy maybe it would kill you too.

But yes, I believe it, depending upon the level that was found in his system.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

actually there is one debated case... i'm sure someone could find the link, but other then that no...

I think the one you're talking about is the 80-something year old woman who died after using medical marijuana. She was prescribed it for arthritis, and tried it for the first time in her life. After smoking a joint, she started exhibiting all the signs of a panic attack, was taken to hospital with extreme hyperventilation, and later died. Some have attributed this to a "marijuana overdose", but I think the answer is pretty obvious; she'd never smoked, had an unusually low tolerance, and had a panic attack. When you're in your 80's your body is pretty fragile, and that kind of physical stress can undoubtedly give you a heart attack.

Still, even if we can find 10 cases of marijuana overdose, it's rediculous to deny it's prescription on these grounds considering almost every med out there has significantly higher deathrates. Every year a few hundred people die from acetaminophen, ibeprophen, celebrex, you name it.

[myname=shye]

there is the listed overdose amount
its like 40 something times the average human body weight or something like that, like thc is pretty harmless

[slipknotpsycho]

I think the one you're talking about is the 80-something year old woman who died after using medical marijuana. She was prescribed it for arthritis, and tried it for the first time in her life. After smoking a joint, she started exhibiting all the signs of a panic attack, was taken to hospital with extreme hyperventilation, and later died. Some have attributed this to a "marijuana overdose", but I think the answer is pretty obvious; she'd never smoked, had an unusually low tolerance, and had a panic attack. When you're in your 80's your body is pretty fragile, and that kind of physical stress can undoubtedly give you a heart attack.

Still, even if we can find 10 cases of marijuana overdose, it's rediculous to deny it's prescription on these grounds considering almost every med out there has significantly higher deathrates. Every year a few hundred people die from acetaminophen, ibeprophen, celebrex, you name it.

no that's not it.. the one i'm talking about (not to say i belive it was the cause of death but it is debated regaurdless, and probably the strongest case that's actually documented against marijuana)

i'm pretty sure it was a guy, and he was found to have extremely high abnormal ammounts of thc in his system..... i know for a fact it wasn't an old person, and the person was in reasonable health... as i said had a very high ammount of thc in their system and no other real reason for the death..... so of course the medical examnier labeled it marijuana over dose...

i heard about it thorugh this site and there was a link, but i'm pretty sure that as back in mid 2005.... it was posted a very long time ago.

[Mr_Green]

i did some research my self and it turns out the people can die from marijuana but it takes a hell of a lot to do so and in order it get to that level is very hard because half way there you will be too stoned to even what to smoke more. Now people that have died its due to other drugs mixed with marijuana so therefore marijuana by it self is harmless and people dieing by smoking their 1st time is due to panic attacks and not relaxing which is what marijuana is made for...to relax...

[slipknotpsycho]

there is the listed overdose amount
its like 40 something times the average human body weight or something like that, like thc is pretty harmless

this number gets jumped around alot.. i don't think anyone actually has been able to calculate within reasonable closeness what it'd take...

i've heard everything from 15 pounds to 1500, to 4 times your body weight and everything in between.

and then of course there's the time limits... and i've heard everything from all thta with in 15 minutes to 24 hours...