re: No prison time for woman convicted in cannabis-induced killing

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How does smoking weed cause a person to completely lose their mind and go on a murderous rampage?

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There is a not quite novel but new area of study into marijuana psychosis as a defense in states that have laws conducive to the defense. I have no idea if this is junk science born of possible fear-mongering or not. I will say I wouldn't be surprised that there is not a very small portion of the population that reacts badly to some doses of d-9-THC or other psychoactive chemicals in pot. I also would not be surprised that this is just being seen now due to the levels of THC seen in some modern post-strains.

I would say that she stabbed herself in the neck and then required tasing and batoning in order to take her into custody. This still leaves the issue of meeting the involuntary standard CA requires. While it is known that people can become intoxicated on various drugs involuntarily without hearing the testimony first hand I am quite dubious but do accept being bullied into dangerous amounts of alcohol is a not unheard of situation.

I am curious about the jury makeup because without doing a mock trial or deep dive I would expect the defense would want mid to old Boomers through Silent Generation jurors who are much more likely to buy a reefer madness defense.

In the end, I think there is more to the story than what appears on the face but I am very cautious of applying the defense. It is similar to the early days of the "insanity defense". This defense has the added "benefit" of not being confined in a mental institution.