Marijuana Cookie Pros And Cons

Ever wanted to try a marijuana cookie? Well, after reading this article you probably won’t want to anymore. In the article, Pot Death: Teen Leaps 4 Stories After Eating Marijuana Cookie the dangers of marijuana was revealed. A 19-year-old boy in Colorado recently died after he ate a whole marijuana cookie that contained 6 servings of marijuana's active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The boy got the cookie from his 23-year-old friend who brought it from the store. The sales clerk at the store informed his friend to divide the cookie into 6 pieces, with each piece containing about 10 mg of THC. 10 mg of THC the recommended serving size, which was established by Colorado authorities. The boy followed the instructions and ate only 1 piece

of the cookie at first. But, after 30 to 60 minutes of not feeling any results he decided to eat the whole cookie. Unfortunately, he did not know that marijuana takes longer to have an effect when ingested rather than it being smoked. About 2.5 hours later he started showing unkind behavior and he jumped off a balcony on the fourth floor of his building.

He then died from the injuries from his long fall. Officials determined that marijuana was the main cause of his death and an autopsy found that his blood levels of THC were above the legal limit for driving a car in Colorado. “This case illustrates a potential danger associated with recreational edible marijuana use," the report said. High blood levels of THC occur about 1 to 2 hours after ingestion of marijuana, compared to just 5 to 10 minutes after the drug is smoked. “Because of the delayed effects of THC-infused edibles, multiple servings might be consumed in close succession before experiencing the 'high' from the initial serving, as reportedly occurred in this case," the report said. High doses of THC "can produce serious anxiety attacks and psychotic like symptoms," Robert MacCoun, a professor at Stanford Law School, told Live Science in an interview at the beginning of the year. In February of 2015, Colorado established the new rule that edible marijuana products cannot contain no more than 10 mg of THC. So, maybe now with the new rules, there will no longer be any overdose of marijuana in

Colorado.
After reading this article, I now know the dangers of marijuana, and just why I should never take it. The article was very interesting and informative. It was sad to know that a teenage boy had to find out the dangers of marijuana the hard way and died. It was very shocking to know that you could now bake marijuana into certain goods let alone die from it. But, maybe by the death of one innocent boy, another person’s life will be spared. I wonder how long did the boy think it was going to take to feel the effects of marijuana and has he ever consumed marijuana before. How big was the cookie and how big is the proper serving size of a marijuana cookie. When you put marijuana in certain goods does it has a different taste if so, what kind? Since you can put marijuana in cookies can you put marijuana in chicken or other meat products? Because of the legalization of marijuana is some states I wonder has there been an increase of people dying from overdosing. Does the boys friend who gave him the cookie feel guilty for the boys death? If I was the person who gave the boy the cookie I would feel very guilty. I am glad that the officials in Colorado made new rules about the consumption marijuana products. So, maybe by the new rules and the results of a person’s overdose people will watch their consumption of marijuana or just not consume it at all.