Pot Death: Stupid Colorado Democrat Leaps 4 Stories After Eating Marijuana Cookie

[Give Some To Every Democrat]

A teenager in Colorado died after consuming an entire marijuana
cookie that contained 6 servings of marijuana's active
ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), according to a new
report.

The 19-year-old man had received a marijuana cookie from his
friend, a 23-year-old who bought the product from a store. The
sales clerk instructed the friend to divide the cookie into six
pieces, with each piece containing about 10 mg of THC, the
recommended serving size established by Colorado authorities.

At first, the 19-year-old followed these instructions, and ate
just part of the cookie. But after about 30 to 60 minutes, he
didn't feel any effects, so he ate the rest of the cookie,
according to the report, from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment.

Over the next few hours, the man showed erratic speech and
hostile behaviors, the report said. About 2.5 hours after he ate
the whole cookie, he jumped off a balcony on the fourth floor of
his building, and died from trauma from the fall, the report
said.

Officials determined that marijuana intoxication was the chief
contributing factor to the man's death, which occurred in March
2014. An autopsy found that the man's blood levels of THC were
above the legal limit for driving a car in Colorado.

"This case illustrates a potential danger associated with
recreational edible marijuana use," the report said. [Where
Americans Smoke and Grow Marijuana (Maps)]

In 2012, Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana,
and stores selling the products opened in 2014.

Marijuana takes longer to have an effect when ingested as
opposed to smoked. Peak blood levels of THC occur about 1 to 2
hours after ingestion of marijuana, compared to just 5 to 10
minutes after the drug is smoked.

"Because of the delayed effects of THC-infused edibles, multiple
servings might be consumed in close succession before
experiencing the 'high' from the initial serving, as reportedly
occurred in this case," the report said.

High doses of THC "can produce serious anxiety attacks and
psychoticlike symptoms," Robert MacCoun, a professor at Stanford
Law School, told Live Science in an interview earlier this year.
MacCoun previously published a commentary in the New England
Journal of Medicine expressing concern about the hazards of
edible marijuana products for children and teens.

In February this year, Colorado instituted new rules for the
packaging and labeling of edible marijuana products, requiring
these products to contain no more than 10 mg of THC, or to have
clear marking of each 10-mg serving, the report said.

However, the new report suggests "a need for improved public
health messaging to reduce the risk for overconsumption of THC,"
the researchers said.

The report is published in the July 24 issue of the CDC's
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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Good! Serves the stupid shit right.