Although I don't disagree, is there any scientific evidence that supports your statement? Just curious.
Yep. Natmoon is correct. A pound or 2 eaten oraly could possibly cause an OD in a human. Heres the info:
According to the
Merck Index, 12th edition, THC has a
OpenDNS value of 1270
mg/
kg (male rats) and 730 mg/kg (female rats) administered orally dissolved in
sesame oil.
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If this were scaled up to an adult human, the LD50 would be between approximately 86 g and 50 g for a 68-kg (150-lb) male or female person, respectively. This would be equivalent to 1-1.8
kg of
cannabis with a 5% THC content (roughly average) taken orally. The LD50 value for rats by inhalation of THC is 42 mg/kg of body weight.
It should be noted that the highest animal that oral LD50 values are available for, the
Domestic Dog, would have to consume roughly one third of a pound (150 g) of pure THC in order to experience fatality. This data supports the theory that the THC in marijuana can not cause lethal overdose.
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL TOXICITY DATA:
666 mg/kg ORAL-RAT LD50;
482 mg/kg ORAL-MOUSE LD50;
525 mg/kg ORAL-DOG LD5O;
29 mg/kg INTRAVENOUS-RAT LD50;
42 mg/kg INTRAVENOUS-MOUSE LD50;
128 mg/kg INTRAVENOUS-MONKEY LDLO;
373 mg/kg INTRAPERITONEAL-RAT LD50;
168 mg/kg INTRAPERITONEAL-MOUSE LD50;
Sources -
LD50 of THC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tetrahydrocannabinol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia