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In reply to the discussion: Dumb, dumb, dumb pot prank. Please be responsible and don't abuse the new laws. [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)16. I don't think they realized what happened to them till after
eight people from the same class ended up going to the hospital over the next few hours, and their blood got analyzed.
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pnwmom
Dec 2012
OP
3 people went to the hospital, but only because they were unfamiliar with the effects of THC.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#13
I don't understand how you can say that. The head of the history department said she "blacked out."
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#151
Eating THC butter has a different and more intense effect than smoking it. I don't recomend it to..
crazy homeless guy
Dec 2012
#43
Yes, it is. "Depressant" doesn't mean it causes depression. It's a downer drug....
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#193
because unknowingly ingesting it, would make them think they were suddenly sick -in the head
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#86
Not if we are vigilant in knocking down this frame every time it is presented.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#28
Patience. It will be used. Whether or not it's successfu is not something we can tell right now.nt
jeff47
Dec 2012
#118
And nobody thought the 18th amendment could be ratified in 5 years. They did it in 2.
jeff47
Dec 2012
#122
I don't buy it. But, even if it were, how they hell are you going to stop idiots from being idiots?
morningfog
Dec 2012
#27
Yes, it has "nothing" to do with legalization. ... but, it will be used as a tool against
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#56
If it were illegal, would they have had the pot to begin with? Same argument as for guns?
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#65
And so it is with guns, whether legal or illegal. So the use of guns is not connected with thecrimes
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#90
Yep, it provides ammunition against pot, they will use it as a tool to say, see what happened in CO.
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#55
It doesn't. I don't think the average person would know a pot brownie from
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#67
if you wash the butter, or if you don't know what pot tastes like u don't. blaming the victims?
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#87
you said the victims should have known. creepy! and I'm hella calm, but gee thanks for the concern!
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#120
your statement was pretty emphatic, and I guess you are now saying.... pointless?
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#128
you would have no idea it's a pot brownie, the THC is dissolved in butter... second,
dionysus
Dec 2012
#94
Don't trust any "pot luck", there's way too many closet sickos to take the chance.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#37
Dudes! Not cool. I wouldn't underestimate the effects either. They were probably telling
brewens
Dec 2012
#7
I wonder if those 3 who went to hospital ate multiple brownies? The article isn't clear.
Electric Monk
Dec 2012
#41
Could you please show me where I said it more than once? I corrected it where I was aware of it.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#175
Repetition does not create truth from fiction. Three people to hospital, not 8.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#66
The first article I read said 8, but I corrected it to 3 when later articles said 3.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#155
The framing is way ginned up in your presentation here. Consider how the new law
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#73
You are putting words in my mouth. I said 3 went to the hospital and I never suggested that "the new
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#153
You don't think it possible that there is a struggle within that movement between
patrice
Dec 2012
#83
If You Slip Almost ANY Substance Into Someone's Food Or Drink, Without Their Knowledge...
WillyT
Dec 2012
#31
+1 also they could have been arrested for driving while impaired. For some that would mean loss of
grantcart
Dec 2012
#33
About 11,000 Americans die each year due to drunk drivers. 11,000 die and yet
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#70
But, you do realize that legalization has not gone into effect in CO yet, right?
morningfog
Dec 2012
#148
Neither of us know whether this stupid act had anything to do with celebrating the new law.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#149
You are the only one interjecting such an idea. The new law isn't even here yet.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#150
Dozens of people right here agree with me. As far as I can tell, you are one of very few
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#152
Do you realize the new law, legalization, has not even gone into effect yet?
morningfog
Dec 2012
#154
So? The point remains that people in these states should avoid doing stupid things
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#157
Incidents like this have been happening for decades and are not a product of
morningfog
Dec 2012
#107
?? Why do you keep responding to pnwmom as though she is against legalization or hates pot?
tblue37
Dec 2012
#134
New laws are in effect yet. She is inventing this strange celebration as motivation.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#147
It happened without the law. Legalization hasn't been signed into law yet in CO.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#127
This is sooo damn stupid and plays right into the critics hands. Damn fools!!! NOT funny at all. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#54
These students are not as mature as the ones I went to school with in the 70s. They are hurting
jwirr
Dec 2012
#59
Yes, but they were not being watched by the whole country to see how legalization was going to
jwirr
Dec 2012
#72
As a recovering alcoholic such a crime would create for me an unacceptable risk . . .
Journeyman
Dec 2012
#81
When I eat pot-laced food, the effect is strong and lasts much longer than when I've smoked it.
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2012
#85
Link? I've never heard that pot can cause death easily when mixed with anything.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#144
And you've probably never heard that, in susceptible people, it's been linked with arrhythmias.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#158
Not minimizing. Just looking for accuracy. I have never heard of death from interaction.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#160
I just showed you about life-threatening arrhythmias. Obviously, if someone was taking
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#174
If you can't produce a link to show an interaction that causes death, just say so.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#163
430,000 results and not one saying there is a drug with which intraction easily causes a death.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#166
Apparently you can't read. Because that list includes a lot of things that easily cause death.
jeff47
Dec 2012
#182
The University pointed out that the faculty member blacked out in her classroom.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#138
So your mention of the law is a complete non sequitur. But thanks for your concern. nt
Romulox
Dec 2012
#181
No, it's not. The media in WA and CO (do you live in one of those states) has ALREADY started
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#191
One more time: people in WA will hear the story and not ask whether the law in CO
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#194
It's stupid and wrong, the same could be said if someone laced a beverage or punch
Uncle Joe
Dec 2012
#171
It is unfathomable that you would A) Waste that much pot on mostly strangers and B)
cecilfirefox
Dec 2012
#178