Pubdate: Wed, 08 Jan 2014
Source: Dallas Morning News (TX)
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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
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MAP posted-by: Matt