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ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts) Sun Jan 11, 2015, 10:25 PM Jan 2015

Pot makes you jump from buildings... 60 Minutes. [View all]

Did anyone else see this? They (the media) blamed the death of a college student visiting Denver, during their medical marijuana only phase, on marijuana-laced cookies. 60 Minutes just mentioned it without any other comment other than that marijuana intoxication caused his death.

Remember the old propaganda PSAs about pot making you jump off buildings? Reefer Madness?

60 Minutes, for some reason tonight, has decided to propel this propaganda into the 21st century push for legalization. And, what else would we expect?

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Pot makes you jump from buildings... 60 Minutes. [View all] ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2015 OP

Don't know about that, but it makes it easier to fall off Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #1

. arcane1 Jan 2015 #3

:o LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #8

A winner right out of the gate! bvf Jan 2015 #11

Not a good sign. Screw CBS & 60 Minutes. "Journalism" my ass. 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #2

60 Minutes, not CNN Duppers Jan 2015 #21

Thanks .. I changed it. FYI -nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #22

I'd rarher jump off a sky scraper olddots Jan 2015 #4

Tonight, on 60 Hot Minutes... Blue Owl Jan 2015 #5

Is pot what made Steve whassisname do nasty?!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2015 #6

How many died from alcohol today? JaneyVee Jan 2015 #7

I've no doubt that some suicidal people are high when they kill themselves . . . Journeyman Jan 2015 #9

I missed that 60 minutes like I've been missing it for the last 10 years or so.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #10

Same here. Remember Diane Linkletter? Warpy Jan 2015 #15

That story convinced me to not try acid throughout high school Oilwellian Jan 2015 #24

I probably did your share Warpy Jan 2015 #25

And I picked up where you left off madokie Jan 2015 #29

I did acid before I ever tried pot. Acid was still legal when I first tripped. hobbit709 Jan 2015 #33

What madokie Jan 2015 #37

I got a Vapir NO2. Wasn't cheap but works great for me. hobbit709 Jan 2015 #38

"jumped" Who saw him jump? DID he actually jump? Was he playing around and accidentally fell? BlueJazz Jan 2015 #12

This is , of course, the same show sadoldgirl Jan 2015 #13

I did see a guy ripped on pot (I mean really ripped,) jumped out of a car while going nearly 60... Archae Jan 2015 #14

I remember this story.. they left out that he was also intoxicated The Shredder Jan 2015 #16

Lots of "intoxications" can cause death--water intoxication can kill one. MADem Jan 2015 #17

Lots of wrong and missing information in your OP. intheflow Jan 2015 #18

Great post, thanks Warpy Jan 2015 #26

They can also be inconsistent. intheflow Jan 2015 #35

Check the milligrams nichomachus Jan 2015 #39

Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death...approximately 88,000 deaths per year progressoid Jan 2015 #19

Bill Hicks (again) on flying from buildings: 7wo7rees Jan 2015 #20

Not only that 60 Minutes trashed ACA Duppers Jan 2015 #23

SAVE US FROM TEH POT! Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #27

That actually gets read by a real person.. Fumesucker Jan 2015 #31

In Sanskrit. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #32

Playing Dungeons&Dragons leads to the occult and Satanism. DetlefK Jan 2015 #28

PRESCRIPTION drugs kill twice as many people each year than pot, heroin, meth and cocaine combined piratefish08 Jan 2015 #30

60 Minutes lost credibility with me a long time ago JonLP24 Jan 2015 #34

Meanwhile, on that same day, six Americans died from alcohol overdose. Scuba Jan 2015 #36

He should've stuck with an Indica. I have this one that makes me not do shit. NightWatcher Jan 2015 #40