Comments on: Amy Winehouse suffers from marijuana poisoning? http://stash.norml.org/amy-winehouse-suffers-from-marijuana-poisoning The Growing Truth About Cannabis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: geez http://stash.norml.org/amy-winehouse-suffers-from-marijuana-poisoning/comment-page-1#comment-78840 geez Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:28:25 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=1510#comment-78840 Bruce Lee died from this too. So they say. I think he AND his son both faked their deaths. They both got the world by the a$$ then left to spend it... Bruce Lee died from this too. So they say. I think he AND his son both faked their deaths. They both got the world by the a$$ then left to spend it…

]]> By: jeremy http://stash.norml.org/amy-winehouse-suffers-from-marijuana-poisoning/comment-page-1#comment-72873 jeremy Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:17:15 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=1510#comment-72873 I saw similar negative propaganda this morning on the KTLA morning news. They were reporting on a child that was hospitalized for marijuana poinoning after eating a marijuana"Laced"cookie. They did not describe the symptoms or toxic qualities of marijuana. They did not compare the toxicity of the cookie to the toxicity of St. Josephs childrens asprin, or benedryl etc., and the mother is being charged with child endangerment. Exactly what kind of danger was the child in? Hope she gets a good lawyer. How many cases of THC overdose have been treated in the united states ever? or in that hospital or by that doctor? The lady was stupid to let her kid eat the cookie but probably didn't need to take the kid to the hospital. shoulda filled his sippy-cup with milk and gave him a bag of oreos then waited for him to fall asleep. But idk I wasnt there and the journalists failed to give any information regarding the patients condition when he arrived at the hospital, the treatment he recieved or the symptoms present that resulted in their diagnosis. I saw similar negative propaganda this morning on the KTLA morning news. They were reporting on a child that was hospitalized for marijuana poinoning after eating a marijuana”Laced”cookie. They did not describe the symptoms or toxic qualities of marijuana. They did not compare the toxicity of the cookie to the toxicity of St. Josephs childrens asprin, or benedryl etc., and the mother is being charged with child endangerment. Exactly what kind of danger was the child in? Hope she gets a good lawyer. How many cases of THC overdose have been treated in the united states ever? or in that hospital or by that doctor? The lady was stupid to let her kid eat the cookie but probably didn’t need to take the kid to the hospital. shoulda filled his sippy-cup with milk and gave him a bag of oreos then waited for him to fall asleep. But idk I wasnt there and the journalists failed to give any information regarding the patients condition when he arrived at the hospital, the treatment he recieved or the symptoms present that resulted in their diagnosis.

]]> By: "Radical" Russ http://stash.norml.org/amy-winehouse-suffers-from-marijuana-poisoning/comment-page-1#comment-1410 "Radical" Russ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:51 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=1510#comment-1410 It is true that you can die from an overdose of water. You cannot die from an overdose of cannabis, unless you smoke the equivalent of 1500 lbs. in less than an hour. However, I would still not call overdosing on water a "poisoning", since it's not the toxicity of the water that kills you, it's the bursting of your cells due to too much hydration. <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=poison&r=65" rel="nofollow">poi·son</a> –noun 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. ... –verb (used with object) 4. to administer poison to (a person or animal). 5. to kill or injure with or as if with poison. 6. to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison: to poison food. So I'd argue that neither water nor cannabis have an inherent property to destroy life and health. It is true that you can die from an overdose of water. You cannot die from an overdose of cannabis, unless you smoke the equivalent of 1500 lbs. in less than an hour.

However, I would still not call overdosing on water a “poisoning”, since it’s not the toxicity of the water that kills you, it’s the bursting of your cells due to too much hydration.

poi·son
–noun
1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
…
–verb (used with object)
4. to administer poison to (a person or animal).
5. to kill or injure with or as if with poison.
6. to put poison into or upon; saturate with poison: to poison food.

So I’d argue that neither water nor cannabis have an inherent property to destroy life and health.

]]> By: Steve http://stash.norml.org/amy-winehouse-suffers-from-marijuana-poisoning/comment-page-1#comment-1409 Steve Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:25:24 +0000 http://stash.norml.org/?p=1510#comment-1409 You can poison yourself with water, too. Toxicity doesn't matter, it's just that too much of ANYTHING is bad for you. You can poison yourself with water, too. Toxicity doesn’t matter, it’s just that too much of ANYTHING is bad for you.

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