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Warpy

(114,616 posts)
9. Anyone who has ever used pot in any form
Mon Sep 21, 2015, 06:01 PM
Sep 2015

knows this is bullshit only a DEA agent could possibly believe.

Now the booze he drank is a completely different matter.

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Sure... blame it on the pot... ut oh Sep 2015 #1
The Devil made him do it. nt Lychee2 Sep 2015 #41
Must be a Maureen Dowd fan. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #2
Did he have any drinks? They_Live Sep 2015 #3
Funny thing about that.... sofa king Sep 2015 #57
Here we go.... ion_theory Sep 2015 #4
Can anyone here say with full medical certainty that its impossible? cstanleytech Sep 2015 #10
it can kill you if you have a bad heart. Two men with bad tickers roguevalley Sep 2015 #14
Do you have a source for this? ion_theory Sep 2015 #21
here ya go. Surprised the slag out of everyone when this happened. roguevalley Sep 2015 #22
Okay thanks. I'll give it a read. n/t ion_theory Sep 2015 #26
Correlation in 2 cases without a causal explanation = hasty generalization Lychee2 Sep 2015 #42
Agreed. Really can't take this as proof that marijuana caused their deaths. n/t ion_theory Sep 2015 #43
No, two doctors listed it as cause of death when they found thc in the results. bluedigger Sep 2015 #23
If you're asking.. ion_theory Sep 2015 #19
If its like alot of other drugs in this world then it stands to reason that cstanleytech Sep 2015 #38
No I can't. 840high Sep 2015 #40
Logic states that if there have not been Le Taz Hot Sep 2015 #46
The topic is not ODing unto death but rather the claims of diminished capacity in this case, such cstanleytech Sep 2015 #48
IANAL, but would you be able to JoeyT Sep 2015 #50
True but it might be the only legal plea he can enter depending on what the state law says. nt cstanleytech Sep 2015 #52
Right, challenge everyone to prove a negative. LOL tabasco Sep 2015 #62
I wish DU would get rid of contrarian troll dipshits. tabasco Sep 2015 #63
Who's Putting Him Up To This billhicks76 Sep 2015 #53
Private prisons, alcohol companies, police unions, pharmaceutical companies are the ion_theory Sep 2015 #60
I Miss George Carlin billhicks76 Sep 2015 #68
Too many Twinkies? yardwork Sep 2015 #5
Dan White all over again.... Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #12
He was also yelling for the piano player to play faster, faster while laughing maniacally. callous taoboy Sep 2015 #6
Maybe. just maybe, he has the same problem I have. When I smoke, I want to crush things like... BlueJazz Sep 2015 #7
Psychotic people exist IronLionZion Sep 2015 #8
Anyone who has ever used pot in any form Warpy Sep 2015 #9
Right the evil drink. former9thward Sep 2015 #66
No, but the actions of the drugs are very different Warpy Sep 2015 #67
Prove it with Science "doc" - Prove it! n/t fredamae Sep 2015 #11
! Richard D Sep 2015 #13
that looks like dinosaur shit. roguevalley Sep 2015 #15
Took it on my last trip Richard D Sep 2015 #17
thus proving you can almost always find an "expert" rurallib Sep 2015 #16
oH GAWD. tHE TWINKIE DEFENSE? Iggo Sep 2015 #18
Marijuana is not harmless AngryAmish Sep 2015 #20
Intoxication is no defense. bluedigger Sep 2015 #24
What a crock of shit. blackspade Sep 2015 #25
But he looks like such a nice man. snort Sep 2015 #27
Glassy eyed psycho. Not from the pot, I'm sure. Just from being a psycho. Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #28
It's not for everyone. They_Live Sep 2015 #32
Be very wary of "researchers" who come out with sutff like this nichomachus Sep 2015 #29
Possible, but irrelevant Xithras Sep 2015 #30
It is my belief that there is no drug that can put something logosoco Sep 2015 #31
agreed. They_Live Sep 2015 #33
How convenient for him. nt valerief Sep 2015 #34
Pot doesn't kill people.... underpants Sep 2015 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Sep 2015 #36
It's a real thing. rug Sep 2015 #37
So - with this reasoning shouldn't we be asiliveandbreathe Sep 2015 #39
Reefer Madness!!! KT2000 Sep 2015 #44
there is this - greenman3610 Sep 2015 #45
Pot may have exacerbated his existing propensity for psychosis Politicub Sep 2015 #47
#38 I posted a possible way to find out if the claim is bogus or not. nt cstanleytech Sep 2015 #49
With no evidence, I'm still calling BS. Sounds more like a premeditated murder defense to me. silvershadow Sep 2015 #51
No, but his lawyer might be jberryhill Sep 2015 #54
Think back to when pot became legal in Colorado jmowreader Sep 2015 #55
Yes, she did. . . . I posted a comment to that piece at the time. markpkessinger Sep 2015 #65
Pot? How much do you need to smoke Helen Borg Sep 2015 #56
there's certainly more to this story. me things that pot wasn't the only thing in his system... Javaman Sep 2015 #58
On weed: Killing a cheeseburger, yes. Killing his wife, no. AtomicKitten Sep 2015 #59
+1. Some years back . . . markpkessinger Sep 2015 #64
This is %!#$!?! 2015 and we're still hearing this shit??? tabasco Sep 2015 #61
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