I didn't want to derail that
thread too much so I thought I would start a new one to post my rebuttal.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
kikinchikinQuote:
Originally Posted by IanTheRed
But
as any pothead would tell you no one, and by that i mean NO ONE in the
5000 years of recorded history of canibus use has ever died from an
over dose of THC. In fact it is physically impossible.\
The
coroner's report for Lee Maisey says he died from cannibus toxicity.
So even though it is controversial, and many disagree with the
findings, it is a recorded death from pot. And it is possible to kill
test animals with high enough doses, so it is possible, just improbable.
Not to take the thread off track, but I can't let you put your pothead propaganda out there unchallenged.
It is generally considered to be impossible to achieve a lethal
overdose by smoking cannabis. According to the Merck Index, 12th
edition, the LD50, the lethal dose for 50% of tested rats, is 42
milligrams per kilogram of body weight. That is equivalent, for a 75 kg
(˜165 lb). male, to ingest all of the THC in 21 one-gram cigarettes of
maximum-potency (15% THC) cannabis buds, assuming no THC was lost
through burning or exhalation. For oral consumption, the LD50 for rats
is 1270 mg/kg and 730 mg/kg for males and females, respectively,
equivalent to the THC in about a pound of 15% THC cannabis.
Only with
intravenous administration— an unheard of method of use by humans— may
such a level be even theoretically possible.
There has only ever been one recorded verdict of fatal overdose due to
cannabis, however this finding was found on multiple professional
reviews to be "not legitimate".
In January 2004, Lee Maisey of the United Kingdom was found dead. The
coroner's report stated "Death due to probable cannabis toxicity". It
had been reported that Maisey smoked about six joints a day. Mr.
Maisey's blood contained 130 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) of the
THC metabolite THC-COOH.
The validity of the finding did not stand up well under review. As
reported on 2004-01-28 in the Neue Züricher Zeitung, the Federal Health
Ministry of Switzerland asked Dr. Rudolf Brenneisen, a professor at the
department for clinical research at the University of Bern, to review
the data of this case. Dr. Brenneisen said that the data of the
toxicological analysis and collected by autopsy were "scanty and not
conclusive" and that the conclusion "death by cannabis intoxication"
was "not legitimate". Additionally, Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen of the
nova-Institute in Cologne, Germany said: "A concentration of 130 ng/ml
THC-COOH in blood is a moderate concentration, which may be observed
some hours after the use of one or two joints.
Heavy regular use of
cannabis easily results in THC-COOH concentrations of above 500 ng/ml.
Many people use much more cannabis than Mr. Maisey did, without any
negative consequences."
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)#Lethal_dose:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol
and Kikinchikin there is SOOOOO much anti pot propaganda out there much of it is ridiculously exaggerated or downright made up that I couldn't let your propaganda go unchallenged either.
It might have been reported that he died from THC toxicity but the science and the scientific community says that it was not the reason for his death.