pattbateman Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Cannabis is blamed as cause of man's deathBy Richard Savill(Filed: 20/01/2004) A man of 36 is believed to have become the first person in Britain to die directly from cannabis poisoning.Lee Maisey smoked six cannabis cigarettes a day for 11 years, an inquest heard. His death, which was registered as having been caused by cannabis toxicity, led to new warnings about the drug, which is due to be reclassified this month as a less dangerous one."This type of death is extremely rare," Prof John Henry, a toxicologist at Imperial College, London, said after the inquest at Haverfordwest, west Wales."I have not seen anything like this before. It corrects the argument that cannabis cannot kill anybody."The inquest heard that Mr Maisey had complained of a headache on Aug 22 last year. Next morning he was found dead at the house he shared with a friend, Jeffrey Saunders, in Summerhill, Pembrokeshire.Michael Howells, the Pembrokeshire coroner, said Mr 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.He recorded a verdict of death by misadventure because Mr Maisey had died while taking part in an illegal activity. The death led to a warning about the changing strength of cannabis, which is to be reduced to a Class C drug on Jan 29.Dr Philip Guy, a lecturer in addictions at the University of Hull, said: "Cannabis is not the nice hippy drug it used to be. It has been experimented with to produce stronger varieties."Dr Guy said that death was more likely if users ate the drug rather than smoked it. "I would not be surprised if in this case the deceased had ingested a fatal amount of cannabis."Last autumn police issued a warning that big consignments of strong cannabis were being smuggled in from Africa. On Jan 29, cannabis will be reclassified from a class B to a class C drug.The shadow home secretary, David Davis, said last night: "This highlights what we have been saying about the effects of cannabis all along. When will people wake up to the fact that cannabis can be a harmful drug?"By reclassifying the drug David Blunkett has shown he has lost the war on drugs. In my eyes, it's nothing more than an admission of failure."Tristan Millington-Drake, the chief executive of the Chemical Dependency Centre, a charity that provides treatment for people with drug problems, said: "We have always taken the view that cannabis is an addictive drug, unlike the pedlars who try to persuade us that it is harmless. The Government's decision to reclassify cannabis is a mistake." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardstone Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 So let me get this straight . . . . This is the first record of anybody croaking from grass? Damm good record if you ask me:aright: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyshady Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 i'm a pothead. therefore i did not read that long ass post. i just responded because i saw the word pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCR Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Originally posted by ladyshady i'm a pothead. therefore i did not read that long ass post. i just responded because i saw the word pot we think alike....so what's the subject of this thread anyways?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hero47 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 weed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samadamscherry Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 grass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsquillz Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Originally posted by howardstone So let me get this straight . . . . This is the first record of anybody croaking from grass? Damm good record if you ask me:aright: don't get me wrong, i too agree that pot is for the most part harmless. but it's just funny, now that it has been documented that someone has died from THC toxicity the weed supporters go from, "i have never heard of anyone dying from smoking pot, you just get tired and eat che-tos" to "So let me get this straight . . . . This is the first record of anybody croaking from grass? Damm good record if you ask me:aright:" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
housedog Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 He smoked six joints a day for 11 years, and dies.Shit there is a first time for anything. It wont stop me from smoking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 :smoke: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpdaddy Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 I think it's a coincidence that the guy died with a huge amount of THC in his system. The report doesnt even state the cause of death. Was it respiratory or cardiac arrest??? What actually killed the guy??? and why did he have headaches the day before??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djsquillz Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Originally posted by bumpdaddy What actually killed the guy??? i remember hearing on one of the news stations on the radio that he died of THC toxicity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlfway Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 damn...i've been smoking 6 or more joints a day for almost 13 years now....should i be worried? ( i am not) i agree with bumpdaddy - it was just coincidence that THC was found in his body....if he used it every day - of course it would be.It's like drinking a couple cups of coffee every day, and blaming death on caffeine. People die all the time for unknown reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardstone Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Originally posted by hlfway damn...i've been smoking 6 or more joints a day for almost 13 years now....should i be worried? ( i am not) i agree with bumpdaddy - it was just coincidence that THC was found in his body....if he used it every day - of course it would be.It's like drinking a couple cups of coffee every day, and blaming death on caffeine. People die all the time for unknown reasons. Dude.... your gonna die:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlfway Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 OH NO! I can feel it happening now! my left arm is all tingly!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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