"Dr John Watson" informed us:
>
> > But he didn't present examples of cannabis being 'lethal'.
>
> Our own David Claude Raynes recently informed us of how non-lethal
> cannabis is:
>
> "Not /absolutely true/ or how could you explain the two day coma of those
> who have carried oil internally and it leaked?"
>
> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:13 +0100 (BST)
>
> Cannabis oil is pure cannabinoids - it really is 10+ times stronger than
> Jacqui Smith's cannabis. These mules must have ingested 1,000s of
> joints-worth of cannabinoids.
>
> Claude hasn't provided me with a requested link (I expect he's realised
> the mistake he made), perhaps somebody else can?
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50_of_THC
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL TOXICITY DATA:
666 mg/kg ORAL-RAT LD50;
482 mg/kg ORAL-MOUSE LD50;
525 mg/kg ORAL-DOG LD5O;
29 mg/kg INTRAVENOUS-RAT LD50;
42 mg/kg INTRAVENOUS-MOUSE LD50;
128 mg/kg INTRAVENOUS-MONKEY LDLO;
373 mg/kg INT.RITONEAL-RAT LD50;
168 mg/kg INT.RITONEAL-MOUSE LD50;
Note that this is purified THC, not cannabis, and that
they're talking about mice and rats.
If the average mouse weighs 32 grams
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse#Characteristics)
then for instance
482 mg/kg would translate into 15062,5 milligrams per kilo of bodyweight, or 15,0625 grams per kilo.
So if someone weighed 70 kilos (154lbs), they would need to eat 1054.38 grams or 1 kilo of pure THC.
Let's say weed had 18% thc, then you would need to eat 5,873 kilos (nearly 6 kilos) of weed.
By comparison, 2 grams of weed would be 2 inches long and 1 inch deep.
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