Teen killed by tiger had drugs, alcohol in his system

[Psycho4Bud]

The 17-year-old San Jose teen mauled to death by a San Francisco Zoo tiger on Christmas Day had some alcohol and pot in his bloodstream, according to a coroner's toxicology report.

Carlos Sousa Jr. had 0.04 percent ethanol and 6.6 nanograms of Delta-9 THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in his blood stream, according to a report performed almost six months ago by NMS Labs in Willow Glen, Pa.

The toxicology attachment is part of a larger examination of Sousa's death - caused officially by "blunt force injuries of the head and neck (predatory cat bites)" - released Monday by the San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office.


Neither NMS Labs or the medical examiner's office would comment on the report.

But Halle Weingarten, a certified forensic toxicologist who runs Independent Toxicology Services in San Jose, said "It's absolutely impossible to say" how the drug and alcohol affected Carlos, who was 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 272 pounds.

"This doesn't tell you how much he smoked, only that he had smoked it recently, probably within the last two hours," said Weingarten, Santa Clara County's chief crime lab toxicologist for 20 years before she retired. "You just don't know what individual tolerances are. While alcohol can increase risk-taking behavior, pot usually mellows people out."
Report: Teen killed by tiger had drugs, alcohol in his system

DON'T smoke weed people....a tiger might eat ya up!:wtf: This is a first time I've ever heard that a person toking will give wild animals super powers to jump out of, what is suppose to be, secure areas.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 06-04-2008. Teen killed by tiger had drugs, alcohol in his system The 17-year-old San Jose teen mauled to death by a San Francisco Zoo tiger on Christmas Day had some alcohol and pot in his bloodstream, according to a coroner's toxicology report. Carlos Sousa Jr. had 0.04 percent ethanol and 6.6 nanograms of Delta-9 THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, in his blood stream, according to a report performed almost six months ago by NMS Labs in Willow Glen, Pa. The toxicology attachment is part of a larger examination of Sousa's death - caused Rating: 5

[40oz]

Soon there will be signs at the entrance of zoos that say, " Coming to the zoo under the influence of drugs or alcohol will anger the animals and they may kill you."

[NaughtyDreadz]

damned brazilians... hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahaha

[dragonrider]

There's no excuse for having zoo where a tiger can get out of it's enclosure, no matter what the reason. Otherwise, how can we be sure we can get wasted and taunt the animals without instant karma dropping the hammer on us?

[psychocat]

"We already know he had a very low amount of marijuana," said Michael Cardoza, an attorney representing the Sousa family. "But it's totally irrelevant. They are using this to divert people down the primrose path to say, 'See, they were under the influence.' "

That's funny , if they hadn't been stoned they would've easily outrun a full grown tiger. :wtf:

Yeah! cause we're all Linford Christies really.

[dragonrider]

Did they test the tiger? I bet it was on PCP.



(Not that I want to open a discussion about the banned tiopic of PCP --- just accounting for its super-tiger wall-jumping strength and irrational teen-eating behavior.)

[rebgirl420]

This was caused from stupidity, not drugs.

I don't really feel bad for this kid. I'm just glad he didn't breed, we don't need this goober's seed floating around society.

Who has ever been so high that they look over to their friends and go, "Fuck, we should go pay 15.98 a peice and fuck with the animals at the zoo!"

No one, damnit. Except maybe that Sigfried and Roy guy.

[GrinKyle]

This was caused from stupidity, not drugs.

I don't really feel bad for this kid. I'm just glad he didn't breed, we don't need this goober's seed floating around society.

Who has ever been so high that they look over to their friends and go, "Fuck, we should go pay 15.98 a peice and fuck with the animals at the zoo!"

No one, damnit. Except maybe that Sigfried and Roy guy.

"Carlos and San Jose brothers, Kulbir, 24, and Paul Dhaliwal, 19, were at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day when a Siberian tiger named Tatiana leaped out of her grotto and attacked them. Sousa died and the Dhaliwal brothers were injured. Police shot Tatiana dead. There were allegations that the trio had been taunting the tiger, but an investigation did not produce evidence of wrongdoing.

The sensational mauling also revealed that the fence to the zoo's tiger enclosure was four feet shorter than industry standards. The zoo spent $1.7 million in safety renovations, and the fence now stands at 16.4 feet."

- Concluded no wrongdoing

-fence was shorter than regulations

Yes, lets blame the dead 17 year old teen who wanted to go to the zoo, was a little buzzed from some alcohol and pot... but its his fault.......

I'm lost in this opinion you have.

Calling out a dead guy is lower than making fun of a person with cancer....

[Mississippi Steve]

I hear that the kid is being awarded a posthumous Darwin Award.

[psychocat]

I hear that the kid is being awarded a posthumous Darwin Award.

If he had climbed into the enclosure then he would deserve it but being the victim of an escaped tiger isn't in the same league.The fact that the enclosure was wrongly built is the reason the cat escaped and the reason he is now dead.
I doubt you or Rebgirl would've fared any better if you were faced with the same beast.