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Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization 1
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Harmless?
Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization
Colorado is reconsidering its decision to legalize recreational pot following the deaths of dozens due to marijuana overdoses.
According to a report in the Rocky Mountain News, 37 people were killed across the state on Jan. 1, the first day the drug became legal for all adults to purchase. Several more are clinging onto life in local emergency rooms and are not expected to survive.
"It's complete chaos here," says Dr. Jack Shepard, chief of surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. "I've put five college students in body bags since breakfast and more are arriving every minute.
"We are seeing cardiac arrests, hypospadias, acquired trimethylaminuria and multiple organ failures. By next week the death toll could go as high as 200, maybe 300. Someone needs to step in and stop this madness. My god, why did we legalize marijuana? What were we thinking?"
Rainin' Fire in the Sky
Colorado and Washington state approved the sale of marijuana for recreational use in November though statewide ballot measures. Under the new policies pot is legal for adult use, regulated like alcohol and heavily taxed.
One of the principal arguments of legalization advocates was that cannabis has long been considered safer than alcohol and tobacco and was not thought not to cause overdose. But a brave minority tried to warn Coloradans of the drug's dangers.
"We told everyone this would happen," says Peter Swindon, president and CEO of local brewer MolsonCoors. "Marijuana is a deadly hardcore drug that causes addiction and destroys lives.
"When was the last time you heard of someone overdosing on beer? All these pro-marijuana groups should be ashamed of themselves. The victims' blood is on their hands."
One of the those victims was 29-year-old Jesse Bruce Pinkman, a former methamphetamine dealer from Albuquerque who had recently moved to Boulder to establish a legal marijuana dispensary.
Pinkman was partying with friends when he suffered several seizures and a massive heart attack which ultimately proved to be fatal. Toxicology reports revealed that marijuana was the only drug present in his system.
"This is just a terrible tragedy," says his friend Peter. "Jesse was trying to go legit and now this happens? I guess drugs really are as dangerous as they say."
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who opposed the ballot initiative that legalized the drug, says he will call a special legislative session to try and overturn the new law.
"We can't sit idly by and allow this slaughter to continue," he said during a press conference Thursday.
http://dailycurrant.com/2014/01/02/marijuana-overdoses-kill-37-in-colorado-on-first-day-of-legalization/
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: my3rdeye]
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1. old 2. hoax 3. lol
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: my3rdeye] 6
#19367120 - 01/04/14 07:41 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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I posted that on my Facebook page yesterday and there were a couple people who actually took it seriously.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: nicechrisman]
#19367144 - 01/04/14 07:53 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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What did they say?
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: MisterSandman]
#19367154 - 01/04/14 07:59 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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One was just like "omg is this for real?" and the other was like "no way, hoax" not realizing I posted it purely as satire
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: MisterSandman]
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: nicechrisman] 3
#19367177 - 01/04/14 08:07 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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Awesome. I can appreciate some good satire but whenever something leaks into the public consciousness it almost immediately becomes fact. Shit I still run into people who think the Miami cannibal was on LSD when in reality he was just psychotic.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: MisterSandman]
#19367181 - 01/04/14 08:10 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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sum peeple r dum
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: nicechrisman] 2
#19367226 - 01/04/14 08:29 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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I posted that on my Facebook page yesterday and there were a couple people who actually took it seriously.
Fox News will run with this and it will take weeks to undo the damage. You cannot underestimate their stupidity,
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: koods]
#19367243 - 01/04/14 08:34 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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koods said:
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nicechrisman said:
I posted that on my Facebook page yesterday and there were a couple people who actually took it seriously.
Fox News will run with this and it will take weeks to undo the damage. You cannot underestimate their stupidity,
Weeks? Try decades.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: MisterSandman]
#19367327 - 01/04/14 09:16 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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I knew pot overdose doesn't exist since way before I started smoking, come on.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: GEncore]
#19367422 - 01/04/14 09:54 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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I thought this was real for a split second and became so sad, but it's all good now.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: Hellogoodbyedeath]
#19367435 - 01/04/14 09:58 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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im going to post this on my news feed too, then probably get called a faggot because that's what people do.
ive been posting in otd too much.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: my3rdeye]
#19367452 - 01/04/14 10:04 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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my3rdeye said: Harmless?
Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization
Colorado is reconsidering its decision to legalize recreational pot following the deaths of dozens due to marijuana overdoses.
According to a report in the Rocky Mountain News, 37 people were killed across the state on Jan. 1, the first day the drug became legal for all adults to purchase. Several more are clinging onto life in local emergency rooms and are not expected to survive.
"It's complete chaos here," says Dr. Jack Shepard, chief of surgery at St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver. "I've put five college students in body bags since breakfast and more are arriving every minute.
"We are seeing cardiac arrests, hypospadias, acquired trimethylaminuria and multiple organ failures. By next week the death toll could go as high as 200, maybe 300. Someone needs to step in and stop this madness. My god, why did we legalize marijuana? What were we thinking?"
Rainin' Fire in the Sky
Colorado and Washington state approved the sale of marijuana for recreational use in November though statewide ballot measures. Under the new policies pot is legal for adult use, regulated like alcohol and heavily taxed.
One of the principal arguments of legalization advocates was that cannabis has long been considered safer than alcohol and tobacco and was not thought not to cause overdose. But a brave minority tried to warn Coloradans of the drug's dangers.
"We told everyone this would happen," says Peter Swindon, president and CEO of local brewer MolsonCoors. "Marijuana is a deadly hardcore drug that causes addiction and destroys lives.
"When was the last time you heard of someone overdosing on beer? All these pro-marijuana groups should be ashamed of themselves. The victims' blood is on their hands."
One of the those victims was 29-year-old Jesse Bruce Pinkman, a former methamphetamine dealer from Albuquerque who had recently moved to Boulder to establish a legal marijuana dispensary.
Pinkman was partying with friends when he suffered several seizures and a massive heart attack which ultimately proved to be fatal. Toxicology reports revealed that marijuana was the only drug present in his system.
"This is just a terrible tragedy," says his friend Peter. "Jesse was trying to go legit and now this happens? I guess drugs really are as dangerous as they say."
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who opposed the ballot initiative that legalized the drug, says he will call a special legislative session to try and overturn the new law.
"We can't sit idly by and allow this slaughter to continue," he said during a press conference Thursday.
http://dailycurrant.com/2014/01/02/marijuana-overdoses-kill-37-in-colorado-on-first-day-of-legalization/
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: rulesq] 1
#19367528 - 01/04/14 10:27 AM (10 years, 27 days ago) |
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The victim Jesse Pinkman
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: koods]
#19367706 - 01/04/14 11:35 AM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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koods said:
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nicechrisman said:
I posted that on my Facebook page yesterday and there were a couple people who actually took it seriously.
Fox News will run with this and it will take weeks to undo the damage. You cannot underestimate their stupidity,
really... maybe you should actually watch Fox news then because they've been bigger allies in the legalization movement than all the libtard news networks
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: Prisoner#1]
#19367715 - 01/04/14 11:36 AM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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CNN has been pretty helpful
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: DebuteMachine]
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: Prisoner#1]
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DebuteMachine said: CNN has been pretty helpful 
if you say so
They run contradicting stories, two saying that it's good for each one saying that it's bad. Still the positive stories outweigh then negative ones I think, I wouldn't be surprised if they actually are helping.
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Re: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization [Re: MisterSandman]
#19367857 - 01/04/14 12:08 PM (10 years, 26 days ago) |
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MisterSandman said:
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koods said:
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nicechrisman said:
I posted that on my Facebook page yesterday and there were a couple people who actually took it seriously.
Fox News will run with this and it will take weeks to undo the damage. You cannot underestimate their stupidity,
Weeks? Try decades.
no actually it will further polarize the retards of this nation.
im all for exposing the idiots.
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