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 . 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