A Colorado
man using legal marijuana was arrested for killing his wife while she was on
the phone with police. The woman had called 15 minutes earlier to say
that she believed her husband was hallucinating after eating marijuana
candy. She was shot in the head just before police arrived.
The police in this case are receiving flack for not prioritizing this call
and responding sooner, since had they arrived just a little bit sooner this
incident could have been prevented. But it's also a case that illustrates
that "soft" drugs like marijuana aren't as harmless as people think
they are.
He was on other medications at the time, and it is possible that the THC
interacted poorly, but many people also hallucinate from, weed alone. The week before this incident, a college student ate more of a marijuana cookie
than was recommended, began behaving erratically, and ended up jumping
from a motel room balcony to his death. Though
not an advocated for prohibition (it never works and usually creates more
problems than it solves) we also want to remind people that ALL drugs (even
pot) create numerous family and social problems, and should never be considered as a safe "high."
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