Truth About Cannabis » safety http://truthaboutcannabis.org bringing you the real facts... Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:24:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 You cannot die from consuming cannabis http://truthaboutcannabis.org/you-cannot-die-from-consuming-cannabis http://truthaboutcannabis.org/you-cannot-die-from-consuming-cannabis#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:32 +0000 admin http://truthaboutcannabis.org/?p=96 There has never been a documented human fatality from overdosing on cannabis.  You cannot die from consuming cannabis.  The LD50 (toxicity rating) for humans has never been found.

Scientists have estimated a few ways to die from an overdose:

In either of these cases the user would fall asleep, or become incapacitated from the affects of the drug.  This indicates that the safety ratio is at least 1000:1 and as high as 40,000:1.  In comparison, the safety ratio for alcohol is 10:1, cocaine 15:1 and heroin 6:1

(A safety ration is the amount needed for a psychoactive to the amount needed for a fatal overdose)

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