Who's the big bad wolf? Hint: Initials are B.P.
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Posted On: 01/13/2014 6:27:21 PM
Who's the big bad wolf? Hint: Initials are B.P.
"More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says." CS Monitor Oct 7, 2013. (None die from a cannabis overdose.)
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Apparently, there is no documented case of a fatality due to cannabis overdose. If there has been, it's been an extraordinarily rare occurence in the history of the plant. THC has a very low toxicity. The amount of cannabis that would constitute a lethal dose of THC for an adult is reported to be 20,000 to 40,000 times the amount of THC in one marijuana cigarette. Unsupervised toddlers have been known to get sick, but not die, by gorging on cannabis medibles because they appeared to be brownies, fudge, or candy. That's the fault, not of the cannabis, but of irresponsible guardians.
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In 2010, in the US, overdoses from drugs were responsible for 38,329 deaths (none from cannabis). Sixty percent of those were related to prescription drugs. In the same year, a total of 25,692 persons died of alcohol-induced causes, including accidental poisoning and disease from dependent use. (Reported in Huffington Post)
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Death from prescription pharma drugs are skyrocketing in the US:
Christian Science Monitor, October 7, 2013:
"Deaths involving prescription pills have quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, according to a report released Monday by Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit organization in Washington that studies health policy. About 6.1 million people abuse prescription pills, and overdose deaths have at least doubled in 29 states, where they now exceed vehicle-related deaths. In 10 of those states, rates tripled; in four of them, they quadrupled."
"More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more oversight and training by both doctors and state health agencies. "
"Prescription drug overdose rates are highest in the poorest regions of the US: Appalachia and the Southwest. West Virginia has the highest rate, at 28.9 deaths per every 100,000 people – a 605 percent increase since 1999. Following close behind are New Mexico, Kentucky, Nevada, and Oklahoma."
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"More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says." CS Monitor Oct 7, 2013. (None die from a cannabis overdose.)
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Apparently, there is no documented case of a fatality due to cannabis overdose. If there has been, it's been an extraordinarily rare occurence in the history of the plant. THC has a very low toxicity. The amount of cannabis that would constitute a lethal dose of THC for an adult is reported to be 20,000 to 40,000 times the amount of THC in one marijuana cigarette. Unsupervised toddlers have been known to get sick, but not die, by gorging on cannabis medibles because they appeared to be brownies, fudge, or candy. That's the fault, not of the cannabis, but of irresponsible guardians.
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In 2010, in the US, overdoses from drugs were responsible for 38,329 deaths (none from cannabis). Sixty percent of those were related to prescription drugs. In the same year, a total of 25,692 persons died of alcohol-induced causes, including accidental poisoning and disease from dependent use. (Reported in Huffington Post)
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Death from prescription pharma drugs are skyrocketing in the US:
Christian Science Monitor, October 7, 2013:
"Deaths involving prescription pills have quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, according to a report released Monday by Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit organization in Washington that studies health policy. About 6.1 million people abuse prescription pills, and overdose deaths have at least doubled in 29 states, where they now exceed vehicle-related deaths. In 10 of those states, rates tripled; in four of them, they quadrupled."
"More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more oversight and training by both doctors and state health agencies. "
"Prescription drug overdose rates are highest in the poorest regions of the US: Appalachia and the Southwest. West Virginia has the highest rate, at 28.9 deaths per every 100,000 people – a 605 percent increase since 1999. Following close behind are New Mexico, Kentucky, Nevada, and Oklahoma."
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