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Title: DEA reports no overdoses related to marijuana
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SF Gate
URL Source: http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetrut ... verdoses-related-to-marijuana/
Published: Jul 12, 2017
Author: Oscar Pascual
Post Date: 2017-07-13 11:09:47 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2358
Comments: 8
Despite the Drug Enforcement Administration’s stance against marijuana, the federal agency concedes that nobody has ever died from taking too much. In their 2017 resource guide titled Drugs of Abuse, the DEA details cannabis as a Schedule I substance that carries a high potential for abuse with no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. They ultimately admit, however, that “no deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported.” The guide’s pot entry continues to extol the benefits of cannabis while trying to demonize it at the same time. The DEA notes the common effects of pot use, which includes “merriment, happiness, and even exhilaration at high doses,” as well as “enhanced sensory perception, giving rise to increased appreciation of music, art, and touch.” Even though all that sounds pretty fantastic, the guide also warns that the trend of vaping pot concentrates via electronic cigarettes is a “disturbing aspect of this emerging threat.” Meanwhile, liquor is nowhere to be found in the DEA resource guide, despite the fact that alcohol poisoning causes approximately six deaths a day.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Does this mean marijuana is safe?
Safer than alcohol or any other legal drug. Aspirin? Vicks salve? Cough drops?
Can kids smoke medical marijuana for pain in the states that have legalized it?
The DEA also reports marijuana is not medicine. Chuck Rosenberg — acting administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration — declared, “Marijuana is not medicine.” [05/30/17]
Colorado reports 3 deaths on edible marijuana.
Has anyone ever died of smoking or chewing too much tobacco? They report lots of deaths due to tobacco, but no overdoses.
Much akin to reporting the sun will rise in the east tomorrow.
In the entire history of the world,the only nations that had to build walls to keep their own citizens from leaving were those with leftist governments.
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
Does this mean marijuana is safe?
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
#4. To: Deckard (#2)
Safer than alcohol or any other legal drug.
#5. To: All (#0)
DEA reports no overdoses related to marijuana
#6. To: All (#5)
DEA reports no overdoses related to marijuana
#7. To: Deckard (#0)
Despite the Drug Enforcement Administration’s stance against marijuana, the federal agency concedes that nobody has ever died from taking too much.
#8. To: Deckard (#0)
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