Pubdate: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) Copyright: 2014 The Dallas Morning News, Inc. Contact: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/send-a-letter/ Website: http://www.dallasnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/117 Author: Don Chase Page: 16A IT'S NOT DEADLY, STUPID There was recently a hoax article that went viral online claiming several people had died from overdoses in Colorado on the first day of legal marijuana use. Not knowing much about marijuana, I looked at some online medical research documentation to see what I could find out. It appears there is no recorded overdose death in the 6,000 years of human use of the stuff. Apparently there is no known overdose amount. Some researchers managed to kill some rats with it, but they used so much they could have just dropped it on them and achieved the same fatal result. However, researchers agree that it will make you medically "stupid" and probably hungry, at least for a while. So I don't understand why people use the stuff. I can down a whole bag of Fritos without chemical assistance. I can also get the same stupid effect just sitting in my easy chair. This sometimes happens automatically, even without the need to associate with Colorado voters. Don Chase, The Colony - --- MAP posted-by: Matt