Pubdate: Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Jeffrey S. Ryan
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n330/a04.html
Page: 2D

NO SURPRISE THAT TOO MANY POT EDIBLES CAN CAUSE SICKNESS

Re: "The real dangers of marijuana edibles," April 13 Perspective article.

Last Sunday, you chose to run a hysterical, wildly uninformed
anti-marijuana piece by Marshall Allen about his friend who ate too
many marijuana gummies. In it, one Dr. Tista Ghosh claims that "More
research needs to be done on [marijuana]." This is wrong to the point
of willful ignorance. Per salon.com, there have been more than 20,000
scientific studies of marijuana and its effects to date, 1,450 in 2013
alone.

Allen's article was a very stupid story about a very stupid incident.
But in the current era of anti-marijuana paranoia, I guess we should
expect more. Would you have printed it had Allen's friend downed a
fifth of vodka and been shocked he got sick?

Jeffrey S. Ryan,

Lakewood
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