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2014-04-03 -Obits-

College student visiting Colo. for spring break falls from balcony and dies after eating marijuana cookies

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Posted by Fred 2014-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 ran off a fourth floor hotel balcony
Too high.

Posted by Skidmark 2014-04-03 00:25|| 2014-04-03 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Clearly its the Balcony's, + POTUS Bush 43's, fault!

* CYBERCAST NEWS SERVICE > [Pew Research Center] POLL: 3/4 OF US SAY POT WILL BE [fully] LEGAL, as per Sale-n-Use = Universal recreational/personal use.

* SAME > WH REPORT [via RAND Corp. + ONDCP]: CHRONIC MARIJUANA USE UP 84% IN TEN YEARS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-04-03 00:25|| 2014-04-03 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Think of it as evolution in action.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-04-03 01:58|| 2014-04-03 01:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Presidential aspirations dashed.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-03 02:32|| 2014-04-03 02:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmm. Apparently he would have been just barely dead if he had been drinking.

Posted by gorb 2014-04-03 11:01|| 2014-04-03 11:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Unless consumption levels are exponential it (7.2 nanograms) doesn't seem enough to cause a fourth floor air adventure.

Posted by Whavith Prince of the Munchkins9635 2014-04-03 11:33|| 2014-04-03 11:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes, Whavith, this story is difficult to believe.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-04-03 12:59|| 2014-04-03 12:59|| Front Page Top

#8 I know a guy who, years ago, tried it for the first time and went manic on the spot. Well over 6'4" tall and probably about 240# of mostly muscle and bone. It took a lot to subdue him. He ended up having to go on Lithium for a while. There will always be this kind of thing, legal or not.

Posted by gorb 2014-04-03 15:21|| 2014-04-03 15:21|| Front Page Top

#9 I take it that, with time, you've overcome the negative reactions ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-03 15:26|| 2014-04-03 15:26|| Front Page Top

#10 One of many Spring Break mishaps, modified with the meme of the day.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-04-03 16:11|| 2014-04-03 16:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Don't get me wrong just because I think there's more to this story than we read in this article. I've ranted for years here against legalizing marijuana. Those of you who think legalizing it is a good idea might want to read this to see what company you're keeping.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-04-03 16:19|| 2014-04-03 16:19|| Front Page Top

#12 EU, the Koch brothers also support legalization.

It's a matter of freedom. Will their be some that have a problem? Sure, just like alcohol causes problems for some. That doesn't mean that everyone should therefore be under the control of the Feds.

The BIG problem is that the cost of problem winds up being born mostly by society rather than just the individual. This high diver is an exception.
The socialization of the cost gives society (at least in the eyes of liberals) the right to contrain the individual.

To me it is a conundrum wrapped in an ambiguity so I vacillate.

Posted by AlanC 2014-04-03 20:12|| 2014-04-03 20:12|| Front Page Top

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