One law for us, one law for them

[Kanada Kev]

From a buddy of mine in Florida:

And yet they continue to put thousands in jail for using pot. Bah!

Michael

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=96762&provider=top

Interesting tidbit from the DoJ:

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/YOUNG/young4.html

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration In The Matter Of MARIJUANA RESCHEDULING PETITION Docket No. 86-22 OPINION AND RECOMMENDED RULING, FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DECISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FRANCIS L. YOUNG, Administrative Law Judge DATED: SEPTEMBER 6, 1988 Section 8 of Judge Young's "Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Decision."

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7. Drugs used in medicine are routinely given what is called an LD-50. The LD-50 rating indicates at what dosage fifty percent of test animals receiving a drug will die as a result of drug induced toxicity. A number of researchers have attempted to determine marijuana's LD-50 rating in

test animals, without success. Simply stated, researchers have been unable to give animals enough marijuana to induce death.

8. At present it is estimated that marijuana's LD-50 is around 1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a

marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.

9. In practical terms, marijuana cannot induce a lethal response as a result of drug-related toxicity.

[bradm]

Anyone know what the LD50 for tobacco (e.g., in cigarette form) is?

Aloha,

Brad

[Kanada Kev]

bradm,

Wiki (i'm sure you checked ) had a few examples.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LD50

Examples

* Oral LD50 of grain alcohol: 10.6 g/kg in young rats, 7.06 g/kg in aged rats.[5]

* Oral LD50 of nicotine: 50 mg/kg in rats.[6]

* Oral LD50 of Table Salt: 3000 mg/kg in rats[7]

* LD50 of Tetrahydrocannabinol (active ingredient found in Cannabis): 1270 mg/kg in rats.

* LD50 of batrachotoxin: estimated at 1 to 2 µg/kg in humans.[citation needed]

* LD50 of Polonium 210: estimated at 10 ng/kg (inhaled) to 50 ng/kg (ingested) in humans makes this one of the most toxic substances known. One gram in theory could poison 100 million people of which 50 million would die.

[YearsAlongTheSea]

A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.

Pffft, I'm not 18 anymore...

[Kanada Kev]

A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.

Sounds like a challenge that some freak might actually try!!