Cannabis Kills?

the_trippy_hippy · Feb 23, 2011

Hey guys, I'm a long time cannabis consumer, and can say nothing but good about the magic herb. A few days ago, while discussing cannabis to one of my anti-drug buddies and he showed this news article to me. :

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Its-official-cannabis-kills-20040120

This pretty much contradicts all I thought I knew about the herb.

Opinions?

Peace and Love,

Sean.

Willy_Wonka_27 · Feb 23, 2011

Your article from 2004:

London - Heavy consumption of cannabis has been given as the cause of death at an inquest into a man who had smoked the drug daily for more than a decade, press reports said on Tuesday.

Lee Maisey, 36, smoked six cannabis cigarettes a day for 11 years, the inquest in West Wales heard. His death was registered as having been caused by cannabis toxicity - and has led to renewed warnings about the drug.

"This type of death is extremely rare," John Henry, a toxicologist at London's Imperial College, said after the inquest at Haverfordwest.

"I have not seen anything like this before. It corrects the argument that cannabis cannot kill anybody," the professor said.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the inquest heard Maisey had complained of a headache on August 22 last year. He was found dead at the house he shared with a friend.

Michael Howells, the Pembrokeshire coroner, said Maisey was free from disease and had not drunk alcohol for at least 48 hours. Post-mortem tests showed a high level of cannabinoids in his blood.

Cannabis is to be reduced to a Class C drug - the lowest level of illegal drug - on January 29, despite warnings that new varieties of the drug now being grown in Europe are much more powerful than natural varieties.

Philip Guy, a lecturer in addictions at the University of Hull, said: "Cannabis is not the nice hippie drug it used to be. It has been experimented with to produce stronger varieties."

He said eating the drug - for example after baking it in a cake - was more dangerous than smoking it.

Britons seeking to leave the rat race of the big cities have long sought out the remoter parts of Wales, where many hippies of the 1970s migrated and where many still live.
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I found a rebuttal article:

UK/Switzerland: Death was not caused by cannabis

On 20 January 2004 the newspaper Daily Telegraph reported that cannabis was blamed as cause of death of a 36 year old British man. However, a review of the toxicological data and autopsy report by a Swiss expert revealed that there is no reason to assume that the sudden death of Lee Maisey in August 2003 was due to cannabis.

Mr Maisey smoked six cannabis cigarettes a day for 11 years, which was reported in some newspapers to be "excessive". He had complained of a headache on 22 August last year and was found dead at his home next morning. Michael Howells, the local coroner, who led the investigation of the death cause, said Mr Maisey was free from disease and had not drunk alcohol for at least 48 hours. "High levels of cannabinoids" had been found in his blood. The report led to new warnings about the dangers of the drug. Dr. John Henry, a professor of toxicology at Imperial College, London, said: "I have not seen anything like this before. It corrects the argument that cannabis cannot kill anybody."

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".

According to the toxicological analysis of a British laboratory (Forensic Alliance) Mr Maisey's blood contained 130 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml) of the THC metabolite THC-COOH. THC could not be detected due to analytical problems. Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen of the nova-Institute in Cologne 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."
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floes · Feb 23, 2011

if he dident smoke pot, he probably would have died eryler within those 11 years

the_trippy_hippy · Feb 23, 2011

Yeah, honestly , when I saw that article I was just shocked, I should have known it was bull.

EOSIS · Mar 11, 2011

Hi,
(bad new... infortunately !)

that is true for toxicity !
a work of Robert Clark with several other breeders and doctors explain how the hybrids are powerful ! very powerful since 20 years toxicity is enormous and same medical users do not consume that ! too much extremely ! too many side effects !
for serious medical work landraces remain the first choice…
GOOD EVENING HAS ALL !

weedwhisperer · Mar 21, 2011

*sigh* more propaganda that will instantly be believed as biblical truth by ignorant sheep.

iWright · Mar 22, 2011

I'm so high, nothing can hurt me! Rofl, Harold and kumar.

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