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LaPlace coroner claims Marijuana overdose caused death
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:38 am
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:38 am
What an idiot.
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St. John the Baptist Parish Coroner Christy Montegut said last week that toxicology results for a 39-year-old LaPlace woman who died in February showed that she was killed by an excess amount of THC, the main active ingredient in marijuana.
“It looked like it was all THC because her autopsy showed no physical disease or afflictions that were the cause of death. There was nothing else identified in the toxicology — no other drugs, no alcohol,” Montegut said. “There was nothing else.”
Montegut, who has served as the St. John coroner since 1988, believes this could be an index case in medicine, perhaps the first death on record solely as a result of THC exposure.
Some drug researchers and experts are skeptical.
Keith Humphreys, a former senior policy adviser at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said that with the vast amounts of marijuana consumed in the U.S. every year, it's hard to imagine that more overdose deaths wouldn't be occurring if THC was toxic at consumable levels.
“We know from really good survey data that Americans use cannabis products billions of times a year, collectively. Not millions of times, but billions of times a year,” said Humphreys. “So, that means that if the risk of death was one in a million, we would have a couple thousand cannabis overdose deaths a year.”
However, a bill making its way through the Legislature looks to make getting the marijuana a little easier. Montegut suggested lawmakers might want to think twice about moving that bill forward, saying, “If you’ve got a 30-day supply of THC in there with an inhaler, you can just keep puffing away.”
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Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:39 am to jbgleason
I’m living proof you can’t OD on weed.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:40 am to jbgleason
Just because you stoners think it’s not true doesn’t make it so. Science has known about this for years.
But by all means, keep smoking your life away.
But by all means, keep smoking your life away.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:41 am to jbgleason
Oh no. Stay away from the marijuana!! It is killing people, causing black men to rape white women, and makes Mexicans aggressive!
I’m calling Bull shite.
I’m calling Bull shite.
This post was edited on 5/26/19 at 8:42 am
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:42 am to jbgleason
“I’m not sufficiently competent to determine cause of death, so I’m going with marijuana. It was more reasonable than blaming aliens, which was my second choice.”
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:43 am to jbgleason
I once OD’d on weed. I’m thankful there was narcan nearby.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:44 am to OysterPoBoy
I have no real interest in a personal level but could this man explain the connection between its presence and the death or is he at the point of “I have no idea but I’m going to pick a random cause”
If the latter his job performance should probably be reviewed because we don’t need coroners using their job for political purposes.
If the latter his job performance should probably be reviewed because we don’t need coroners using their job for political purposes.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:45 am to jbgleason
Breaking news: leplace coroner is a fricking idiot. Weather at 5
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:46 am to jbgleason
What are this man's credentials?
This post was edited on 5/26/19 at 8:49 am
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:47 am to NoSaint
Coroner is actually a political position in many parishes. It's an elected position.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:48 am to jbgleason
Christy Montegut may be clinically retarded
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:48 am to jbgleason
One time I died on marijuana.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:53 am to jbgleason
Sounds like weed prohibition politicians found a coroner that wanted her name in some medical books.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:54 am to jbgleason
I grew up around people who were trying to OD on weed. It didn’t work.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:57 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:
Just because you stoners think it’s not true doesn’t make it so. Science has known about this for years.
False.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 8:58 am to jbgleason
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Montegut, who has served as the St. John coroner since 1988
I think it’s time for a new coroner.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 9:00 am to PuntBamaPunt
Pretty sure I read something one time that one would have to smoke about 200 pounds of marijuana to overdose on THC.
This post was edited on 5/26/19 at 9:01 am
Posted on 5/26/19 at 9:02 am to jbgleason
Seems dubious.
This post was edited on 5/26/19 at 9:03 am
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