Toxic =/= deadly. You can absolutely consume enough cannabis to trigger a toxic response. It won’t kill you, but you may wish it did. Just because it’s not “deadly” doesn’t mean it’s good for you in any dose.
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Flagstaff@programming.dev 16 hours ago… except cannabis, presuming you don’t have a genetic disposition to schizophrenia. Nearly no one has ever died of a marijuana overdose. Compare that to alcohol (or, indeed, water). In fact, the only reason I say “nearly” is just in case; its safety has been known for a long time.
This is in fact one of the core reasons why I finally stopped being a straightedge and accepted taking it. (Though smoking is still a no-no and the worst way to experience anything, basically.)
Dumbitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Flagstaff@programming.dev 5 hours ago
True, I’m not saying to go nuts on it at all! All I’m saying is that, relative to alcohol or other actually bad drugs, it’s incredibly mild on average. Same with psilocybin; these two consistently top charts in relative drug safety.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 hours ago
That’s just because the amount needed to OD is extremely large. You’re more likely to die from other reasons consuming enough marijuana to OD from it.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
I mean yeah that’s their point, the dose needed to OD on THC is bonkers, so it’s pretty much perfectly safe
Flagstaff@programming.dev 11 hours ago
So? My point still stands that it’s one of the safest mind-altering substances in the world, overdose-wise.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
There’s a lot of things that are toxic at high levels but the typical volume avaliable commercially is never going to work, you need some kind of refined to the toxic elements only type of substance that is at least possible no one’s even figured out how to do that as there’s no sense in it.