Two students brought pot brownies to "bring food to school day" Friday without letting anyone know that the goodies were laced. One teacher that ingested the brownies was sent to the emergency room after she started losing consciousness while teaching and three students were treated for THC poisoning, according to the report. Five others reported being sick but were not treated. Overall, several people became ill, raising the question of what else was put into these brownies.
Most any marijuana supporter has never heard of these symptoms from eating a marijuana-laced brownie or smoking in general. The two students have been arrested on assault charges, and even though Colorado has legalized recreational marijuana consumption, officials still say that offering it to someone without their consent is against the law and will not be tolerated.
Nobody condones the practice of these two students, but marijuana advocates are baffled because straight marijuana would not produce these results. This must have been a homegrown batch that had something else other than just marijuana added. Parents and teachers of the university are also concerned that these sorts of practices will become more widely out of hand until recreational use is better regulated and figured out. Simply giving a classroom plain pot brownies would not have caused this issue unless something were added or individual medications of students and the instructor were causing mixed signals.
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Obviously, it is possible that something else was added to the brownies ... but we could also be looking at simple 'naive' exposure-reactions. I.e., folks often must "learn" to get high ... some don't, at first.
This inadvertent 'experiment' could become much more important, when it comes time to actually investigate the effects of pot, on drivers.
Like with the tests that were run for alcohol, a mix of people will be used, ranging from tee-totalers, to deeply experienced alcoholics/pot-heads.
The startling effects observed in this class, could indicate that modern weed "devastates" a high percentage of those who are not regular users. Once it comes time to perform driving-effects studies, this could lead to a complete ban on driving under the influence of cannabis.
Sure, plenty of normal users smoke & drive, just fine (true of alcohol-users, too). But when the state or fed runs the formal tests, they are not going to put out the call for accomplished stoners. No more than they sought out heavy drinkers, to determine the rules for alcohol & driving. They will use a mix of people, including some who have never gotten high. If a small amount of cannabis knocks some people flat on their butt ... driving under the influence of weed could be banned outright.