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Durfee student allegedly overdoses on marijuana
Durfee student allegedly overdoses on marijuana
A Durfee High School student overdosed on marijuana this morning after eating a marijuana laced brownie according to scanner reports.
When medics arrived at the scene, the student was alert.
It is currently unclear where the brownie came from.
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Edward
November 15, 2017 at 1:26 pm
It is scientifically impossible to overdose on marijuana
mjazz
February 25, 2024 at 4:09 pm
It’s really easy to take too much.
Lucky 1
August 25, 2024 at 2:15 am
True True!!!
Loretta J Dunbar
August 28, 2024 at 3:22 pm
THC poisoning does occur,as does psychological manifestations. Anxiety states, rapid heartbeat and other impairment in some. Usually consuming high doses combined with alcohol is the culprit. Low body weight, underlining health conditions. The pot may have contained other substances as well.
D. Azeved0o
April 30, 2024 at 1:52 pm
I don’t know where you get your information,but we can OVERDOSE on anything…even water. Too much of any one thing can cause overdose. I’m not saying death, but overdose.
Paul
June 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Amen
Pamela Denny
June 24, 2024 at 1:10 pm
What are the signs and symptoms of a marijuana overdose? I have never heard of such a thing.
Paul Callahan
June 30, 2024 at 3:07 pm
From My Experience with it… You Just Have to Ride It Out . ..& you’ll come back to Earth 🌍
Hot Spur
August 2, 2024 at 1:11 am
I haven’t heard of O’D’ing on pot, either. I’ve been really high to where I was feeling so weird I didn’t know what was going on. Then I remembered that I was just stoned and I would be alright in a while and to just relax and “Ride it out”.
Cherawanna Obika
August 4, 2024 at 12:26 pm
Yes eating weed affts the body in a totally different way than smoking it…
Luis Ayala
July 19, 2024 at 1:08 am
The cause of that question is not the marijuana the problem today is that we can’t trust anyone that is selling under the table or in a stationary cannabis store because everything has fethynal and that’s the cause of that kid having a overdose that brownie is laced with any substance in the black marketplace so the problem is not getting it the issues of this is today 2024 we can’t trust anyone who is running cannabis store because everything is not like it was back in the days…. Not sure what someone is giving you because it’s not a instruction label or anything that says cautious eat it slow and be careful that a friend is only a DOLLAR 💰 IN YOUR POCKET AND NOT A LIFE saver 💟 to be able to save your life today, tonight or tomorrow morning and night or 2024 and 2025 only someone watching you be the next person that wasn’t your friend but the person to sell it to the next person….
January
July 26, 2024 at 11:01 am
Hey Pam, you don’t know me but, your comment is exactly what I wanted to say. These kids are so crazy. It must have been the first time eating weed. I just have to laugh. 😆
Renee
August 17, 2024 at 2:58 pm
Not funny
Lisa S
August 20, 2024 at 10:29 pm
There is nothing funny about this loss of life at all. Shame on you for making light of this heartbreaking situation and for displaying the ignorance not to know better.
RIP
Justin
August 25, 2024 at 2:59 pm
They didn’t die bro … god snowflakes these days
Judy Foley McManamon
August 11, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Could be laced with something also.
Ana
August 18, 2024 at 11:04 pm
Does that mean if I ate too many carrots will I overdose with bunny farts?
Jill
August 24, 2024 at 7:09 pm
Absolutely correct thank you, so tired of people saying you can’t overdose on Marijuana!
Vallarie Pope
August 24, 2024 at 9:12 pm
The marijuana would have to be laced with something ie. Fentanyl etc.
Ray ray
August 25, 2024 at 3:56 pm
Yup that’s true
Peter walton
May 5, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Every body is different drugs affect people in different ways to much of anything can affect people differently
Cherawanna Obika
August 4, 2024 at 12:24 pm
Eating
Eliza
May 6, 2024 at 4:17 pm
THIS IS AN OLD ARTIVLE WITH OLD KNOWLEDGE. IT IS LITERALLY NOT POSSIBLE TO OVERDOSE ON MARIJUANA. WAKE UP.MARIJUANA IS SAFER FOR THE BODY THAN CIGARETTES AND DEFINATELY SAFER THAN ALCOHOL. ITS NOT CONSIDER A GATEWAY DRUG IN ANY TRUE STUDIES. I FEEL THAT YOUNGER TEENS SHOULD NOT USE ANY FORM OF DRUGS ACCEPT THEIR NECESSARY MEDS LIKE ADHD MEDS, ETC..
Ken Paiva
May 6, 2024 at 4:51 pm
You can overdose on marijuana like many other things. Overdose does not mean death.
Bernadette Saucier
July 18, 2024 at 1:22 pm
The marijuana is laced with fentanyl. Happens all the time from legal markets. The sellers lace it to sell and they become sddicted to it. Like wow this shit is really really good 👍.they do the same thing with cocaine. They come back faster to get more when it’s laced if you don’t die first.
This is Biden s fault opening the borders to let all these idiots in with truck loads of fentanyl
…to kill everyone in the US x8 times. Who do you think is bringing it in
China is
..I wonder why maybe because their a fierce enemy ….try doing that in China and see how far you get. China knows they can get away with it because our president is an idiot and they know they can get away with it killing our children . VOTE TRUMP…WERE LUCKY YHEY HAVENT ATTACKED ON AMERICAN SOIL YET. SORRY FOR THE RANT BUT THIS IS WHY ANOTHER CHILD IS DEAD.
God bless America
Ken Paiva
July 18, 2024 at 2:10 pm
This happened 7 years ago. Overdose deaths jumped under Trump and the high numbers continued with Biden.
Luis Ayala
July 19, 2024 at 1:30 am
It has nothing to do with border or migration people or anyone because I am Americans but I can’t justify everything that is happening in this world because One thing I can say do you ever heard the (Chupa cabra aka Goat sucks) This was a sickness way before that was eating up your skin with abcess with wholes bigger than you think and everyone was having it no matter who is black, white,or,or yellow or brown red it was no racial about colors because you are a TRUE person a addition problem and this infection was on people body it wasn’t the Mexican or cuba or Haiti or Africa bringing the cause of it the problem what today has to offer to get the high….. Because remember this COVID 19 almost killed everyone not caring who is who and the white people knew about it even Donald Trump and he didn’t tell no one and family that we never thought would be the next person dying be a friend or family or mom dad or brother or sister but you know what everyone was and were all as one because we were all one nation on top of one flag with 51stars on it and we all stood as Americans so don’t be hater ok…
Hope
July 30, 2024 at 7:08 am
You really are quite uneducated to make this about politics. This has been going on long before trump and Biden ever even made the presidential candidate list. Wake up. Stop blaming border security, or lack thereof. Our US soldiers were protecting the opiate producing poppy plants while deployed. A hefty percentage of our troops came home addicted to opiates. So many have lost their lives to this disease, and so many more have lost loved ones. It’s a real problem that has absolutely nothing to do with our current president or the last one. Stop trying to make it about trump and Biden.
Kevin Russell
August 24, 2024 at 4:36 pm
The person who they say ODd on cannabis didn’t die. They said he was alert when the police arrived.And anyone who thinks they are lacking cannabis with fentanyl…come on that’s just ridiculous.
William B.
May 15, 2024 at 2:39 pm
To understand whether someone can overdose on weed, we need to first define what a marijuana overdose is and what it looks like. Unlike the overdose associated with other drugs like opioids and alcohol, a marijuana overdose is not fatal. However, it can produce some adverse side effects that can be uncomfortable or distressing
Tichigal
May 26, 2024 at 7:21 am
You can overdose on marijuana. It can be a dangerous drug. I deal with this a lot . Marijuana is not necessarily safer than cigarettes. Anything you smoke goes into your lungs?
Pamela Denny
June 24, 2024 at 1:13 pm
How is it dangerous? Alcohol is dangerous, cigarettes are dangerous. Marijuana? I don’t believe that is dangerous.
Vi
July 1, 2024 at 9:37 pm
Check recent medical peer-reviewed articles on “Cannabis Induced Psychosis.” There are more articles every month from recent research. It’s not your grandmothers pot anymore.
BOSTON 75
July 13, 2024 at 12:22 pm
Ya I call b*******, had to be something else in it.
KC
August 30, 2024 at 5:40 am
Marijuana is a natural herb. It was found on Salomon’s grave. As someone stated, people would add different substances to make it into something that it’s not. Marijuana on a whole is safe. Anything that you overdo can be dangerous. In Jamaica, 🇯🇲 we always say, “ Too much of one thing isn’t good”. I’m sure that saying is said all over the world, it’s just facts! In Jamaica, we use this herb for many different uses. It’s a medicine. We boil it and drink as a tea. If a woman is having menstrual cramps, boil it as a tea and have her drink it; pain is gone. It’s good for glaucoma, and prevention for certain diseases. Now, I am solely speaking about the pure and natural herb grown on the island of Jamaica. The herb ( Marijuana) here will definitely do the same without any additives.
Jacqui
May 26, 2024 at 7:46 am
What you’re saying is NOT true. And it’s NOT safe to misinform people.Be careful. You may not want to take responsibility for harm to others.
D knoght
May 27, 2024 at 9:36 am
Marijuana is being laced with fentanyl now like everything else making it very easy to overdose on marijuana.
Boo
June 10, 2024 at 5:11 pm
I agree wit you my nephew OD and was found deceased his Marijuana was lace wit fentanyl it’s called accidental death.
Anne
June 18, 2024 at 2:21 pm
I read an article last week that said fentynol can’t reach hot enough temps in Marijuana…but if u eat high dose of edibles that can make someone feel like they r having an overdose and it probably is just because of no tolerance, weight, dose…know what u r consuming
MissD
June 17, 2024 at 2:34 am
This was my thought also. Not far from me, 16yo girl accidentally overdosed on Fentanyl while smoking a joint with her boyfriend. It was the first time she had ever tried “Marijuana” and had no idea that the joint was laced. I believe that the boyfriend was aware that it was laced- although I cannot recall for certain whether that was opinion or fact. It is scary on the streets.
Brian Hill
June 18, 2024 at 9:08 am
If that were true there’d be some dead people for sure! Then all is not THC it’s a chemical! A man-made chemical instead of natural marijuana
David Martin
June 18, 2024 at 9:45 am
You’d be overdosing on the Fentanyl not the Marijuana.
Pamela Denny
June 24, 2024 at 1:15 pm
Then it is not marijuana that you are overdosing on. It would be whatever drugs someone else has laced it with.
BOSTON 75
July 13, 2024 at 12:25 pm
💯%
Cheryl Farias
June 1, 2024 at 7:46 am
You really need to understand the medial understanding an how drugs react with the human body. It’s possible. You need to be more educated. Grow up
Brian Hill
June 18, 2024 at 9:06 am
Hey listen idiot an edible form you can very easily OD on marijuana I’m a 69 year old man I’ve been smoking for 54 fucking years and I’ve seen people OD on brownies well you can’t get overdose smoking it at least I never have you can in an edible or pure THC!
Snicker
June 23, 2024 at 9:24 am
You don’t understand how potent the marijuana is at these shops now. The health care industry is very concerned with the effects of it and its very addictive qualities. Not like marijuana from years ago..
Laura Richardson
June 23, 2024 at 10:06 pm
Yes, but with cigarettes, you Don’t Eat the tobacco!! So this is totally different! He didn’t inhale the smoke, he ate it! Different things will effect you differently! So don’t say you can’t! He Did!!!
Amanda
May 30, 2024 at 10:47 am
Facts though you have to consume more than your body weight to overdose.you literally have to try and overdose on marijuana for it to happen. I don’t think anyone has. It was laced I’m sure or he just was really messed up. Crazy though hope the kids okay.
Brian Hill
June 18, 2024 at 9:09 am
I agree! You are right!
Ashley
June 6, 2024 at 3:56 pm
Was that today June 6th 2024
Cathy
June 10, 2024 at 10:44 am
No it says on the top of this article May 2017
Edward Carmel
June 13, 2024 at 10:23 pm
Pot is the most addictive drug in the world and who said anything about scientifically over dose ing on it there r more deadly carcinogens in it then any other drugs out there.
Paul
June 19, 2024 at 1:37 pm
You can OD on pot fool. Street drugs are not monitored, could be anything in it.
Theresa Pontes
June 22, 2024 at 10:43 pm
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If it is laced with fentanyl, it is very possible!
Beef
July 6, 2024 at 1:40 pm
Not if it is laced!!!!!!
BOSTON 75
July 13, 2024 at 12:20 pm
There had to be something else in it. Never heard of such a thing.
Judith L. Foley
July 16, 2024 at 5:53 pm
It IS absolely impossible to do on un,-laced marijuana
Paul
July 19, 2024 at 1:54 am
B******* you don’t know the THC level of street drugs or any added junk in the drug. Please lets be real and honest. Don’t buy street drugs. Go to a dispensary, definitely safer.
Kev
July 26, 2024 at 11:44 am
Agreed 💯
Sid Wax
July 29, 2024 at 8:50 am
That is of coming from an expert?
As someone who has ODed more than once I can tell you that you are wrong. No, I did not die from Marijuana usage, but I probably could have.
Chris Pechilis
August 26, 2024 at 5:35 pm
Define overdose please
My
November 15, 2017 at 4:05 pm
Really! the only thing you can do is smoke your self straight
RJ
May 31, 2024 at 10:31 am
I’ve done that and I’ve also smoked enough to make me twitch uncontrollably.
It depends on size of the person and the potency of the drug.
Donna
November 15, 2017 at 9:06 pm
I’m curious what the definition of “overdose” is in this case. ?
Zatch
November 16, 2017 at 2:59 pm
This is misinformation and you should be ashamed for making such an ignorant and blatantly false article.
At present it is estimated that marijuana’s LD-50 is around 1:20,000 or 1:40,000. In layman terms this means that in order to induce death a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette. NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes weigh approximately .9 grams. A smoker would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within about fifteen minutes to induce a lethal response.
fallriverreporter
November 16, 2017 at 4:55 pm
You may want to read up on what an overdose is. An overdose is generally not fatal. It is also what responders on the scene called it and how it was called in to dispatch
Brandon
November 16, 2017 at 6:19 pm
Technically, it can be considered an overdose but considering most people don’t use that term unless it’s fatal, it’s misleading…
Willie Stretchit
November 22, 2022 at 8:59 am
Or a typical weekend night
Eliza
May 6, 2024 at 4:20 pm
THANK YOU! EXACTLY. GOOD SOLID REASONING!
Derrick
November 16, 2017 at 4:56 pm
Lol OVERDOSE….UHH NO..
Browser
November 18, 2017 at 3:35 pm
Oh boy look at them try to cause mass hysteria, they try to make pot seem like heroin or crack, but its no worst if not safer the alcohol.smh.
Helen Pacheco
May 5, 2024 at 4:31 pm
Can’t Impossible! The worst that can happen you just knock out and go to sleep
Russell Wright
April 1, 2024 at 5:19 pm
“After the victim was released from medical, he then proceeded to raid the cupboards and refrigerator, completely emptying the contents of both. He’s currently asleep and not expected to wake any time soon.”
Eliza
May 6, 2024 at 4:21 pm
🤣😂
BOBBYDOG
April 28, 2024 at 2:59 pm
All I know is, the other day I was definitely under dosed. I’ve tried to overdose on marijuana before and let me just tell you it’s next to impossible to do.
Daniel Macomber
April 29, 2024 at 7:38 pm
I ate a pie made for my sick mother in law to make sure it was ok for consumption. after about 15 minutes my heart starting pumping faster and faster to the point I felt like I would die. I ran to the bathroom and forced it out my system , and felt better emediatly.
Robert Voedisch
April 30, 2024 at 8:26 pm
My question to this, would be, who made the brownies, and let’s see the weed you used, a sample of it, so you can see the the level in it..by the way how old was the od victim.
Pat Davidson
May 6, 2024 at 8:58 am
Isn’t it possible that the pot was tampered with? Fentanyl is everywhere!
Bernadette McIlrath
May 21, 2024 at 11:30 am
I definitely agree with you. Reason I buy my weed from dispensaries. Fentanyl is everywhere!! Weed may cost more at the dispensaries but at least we know it’s safe.
Vilma
May 27, 2024 at 11:30 am
Fact and agree anyone getting Marijuana from the streets is looking to die. Stop playing with your lives. Dealers don’t care they want there money
Eliza
May 6, 2024 at 4:32 pm
That would be the only logical assumption. Fentanyl sucks. It’s making it tough for people with real pain issues and chronic severe pain because people are unknowingly overdosing on fentanyl(opoid), placing ALL legit opoids into the pile of the opoid crisis bull crap. When they’re given correctly for chronic pain it can be life changing. Allowing many chronically I’ll pain sufferers to have a decent life and be able to do every day skills on their own or at least with less help allowing more independence.
Anyone who puts fentanyl or pcp into weed is just a drug dealer getting people hooked on “theirweed” when it’s laced. SHAMEFUL! My sister almost died from a pcp laced joint. It was awful.
Can't Happen
May 8, 2024 at 10:33 am
So another words she overdosed on another drug that they are not speaking of!!!
They should have wrote She ate a marijuana brownie and it had another drug in it.
Ken Paiva
May 8, 2024 at 10:52 am
Two points. 1. We release what police tell us when we ask. If police stated there was another substance, we would have said so and 2. People continue to associate overdoses with death. People often overdose on substances and don’t die.
Bernadette McIlrath
May 21, 2024 at 11:32 am
I almost died from weed laced with PCP back in the 80’s. Thank God for dispensaries which are safe. Pricier but SAFE !!
Mary Naylor
June 17, 2024 at 8:30 am
Thank you Eliza, I live with cronic back pain that surgery did not help, for a while there it was nearly impossible to get a doctor to write a prescription when my doctor died. I can not function in life with that. Pain is so intense to not have it. Thankfully I found a doctor, but had to actually prove my pain was real.
Magi
May 12, 2024 at 3:41 pm
Long story short, the kid did drugs and didnt die. So, you’re telling me that a doofy teen at Durfee was dumb enough to eat a weed brownie on campus, in effect becoming a *high* school student.
*clutches pearls and gasps in southern*
The audacity!
Ken Paiva
May 12, 2024 at 3:45 pm
A lot of kids become high on marijuana but seldom overdose.
Red Moony
June 19, 2024 at 9:34 pm
Bahahaha I’m lolzing at this comment. Haha it’s the best. It’s a slow news day when a high school kid gets too high and it’s breaking news.
The sofaking
May 17, 2024 at 9:54 am
What a joke!!! Nobody can overdose of 1 brownie. It’s impossible. Idc if it was 5000mg. You would just puke and go to sleep if anything
Ken Paiva
May 17, 2024 at 10:08 am
You say that because you don’t understand what overdosing is.
Mary LaFrance
July 20, 2024 at 11:09 am
Back in the day, (1987)
I od on pot! I didn’t even smoke it, I hated it! Eating pot is a different story. I received NO PROFESSIONAL CARE when thus happened.
My husband & I baked 6 chocolate chip cookies, & I ate 3. I weighed about 110 lbs. Suddenly I got really thirsty & the room was “dancing!” Lol. I was literally stuck inside myself for 2 days!
Mark
May 25, 2024 at 2:04 pm
You cannot overdose on marijuana. It’s is physically impossible. It can however cause other illnesses or unhealthy behaviors to become worse. People need to realize these articles are fully funded by the pharmaceutical industry because they need sick people. There is no money in a cure. Symptom control is where they make a lot of money. So bullshit like this get in people’s heads and those dumb enough to buy into it just make things more difficult. For cannibus a true miracle plant. It would take the place of 60% or more of medications. That people get hooked on. Or die from. Majority of there drug side effects are worse than wtv your original condition. And they know this. They bet on it. Marijuana has always been here and always will. We have an endocannibinoid system built into our brains and our DNA. Do some research for all our sakes.
Ken Paiva
May 25, 2024 at 2:19 pm
You can overdose on food, but not marijuana? You may want to do some research instead of asking others to. Overdose does not mean die. You can overdose on all kinds of things.
Wesley
June 8, 2024 at 9:46 pm
I Work in a detox for five years never seen or heard of anyone overdose on Marijuana but now these day you do not know what there putting in these drugs you buy on the streets these people who sell this crab on the only think of one thing money they don’t care about your life so please don’t but from the streets goto a Dispensary to buy your Marijuana and be a lot safer
GOD BLESS AND GODSPEED
Zak Murray
June 14, 2024 at 11:10 am
I’ve an avid smoker but never messed with edibles like that. Man, I had some chocolate and that s*** had me on my a**. I never considered it an overdose. I just learned my lesson. Smoking and ingesting provide two different experiences to the body.
Mark
June 26, 2024 at 4:26 pm
🙄🙄🙄🙄 Clueless
VICKI O
July 1, 2024 at 4:16 am
I LIKE THE PRICE OF THE Car And I HAVE To Get Married.
ROBERT
July 1, 2024 at 2:36 pm
You’re absolutely wrong you can’t overdose on Marijuana trust me I’m a recovering addict and I smoked more Marijuana than I can count and I’m still alive unless it was laced with fentanyl
Kev
July 5, 2024 at 12:33 pm
Why would Anyone “lace” weed they’re selling w Fentanyl?? I mean, these ppl selling marijuana laced w Fentanyl wouldn’t have many “repeat” customers w ppl dying. Wtf!? Let’s be adults. Kid likely took way too much n started buggin out.
Gary L
July 23, 2024 at 2:19 pm
So they were alert when first responders arrived. So is that a sign of overdose, being alert.
This is false information and the bs about fentanyl laced marijuana is just that BS. When direct flame comes in contact with fentanyl the fentanyl becomes useless with no effect
Dennis
July 24, 2024 at 5:45 pm
What do you mean overdose I once ate a 1/2of a brownie and the paranoia was intense but I kept telling myself it was the effects of the cannabis. After a while it wore off and I was alright.Never did edibles again just smoked a little bit in evening.Although I have to say I would only have 2 to 3 hits and I was good.Probably why the paranoia effect was so bad consumed a lot more than I was used to
.
Kev
July 26, 2024 at 11:44 am
If the edible wasn’t “made” w Fentanyl in it or any other narcotics then the kid just had too much & had a panic attack from being too stoned. It’s happened to everyone I’ve known who smoked bud before & it’s happened to myself from too much or too strong of weed. Only thing to do is breath & ride it out 💯. If you don’t “trust” where you get your edibles, get em from a dispensary & start low. Can Always take more but can never take less after smoking or eating an edible. *I’ve Never heard or seen a Marijuana OD in my life
Jose de Jesus Correa Ledezma
August 29, 2024 at 3:55 am
Well you can’t overdose on weed if you smoke it it dose not matter how much you smoke the only thing that happends in México we call it the pálida thats when you smoke so much your heart starts beeting and beeting faster and faster than you start geting paranoid,then it’s starts small but eventually I will keep getting stronger if tou pay attention too it feels like if your gonna die it’s weird to explain then your skin color starts turning pale with out cooler and when that happens the feeling it’s at it’s max and if u let get to you it does not go away if you a smoker at least once you have come across that feeling just try not to paya attention to it just calm down sit down and try to control your heart rate because by now you would hyperventilating like crazy just try to control it don’t let get to you and you be fine that’s what happends if you smoke it the way you could overdose is only by eating when u eat it it takes a difrent affect some say even stronger but the reason you could well I would not call it overdose but it’s like poisoning from the plant cause you eat it it’s difrent it’s going into your body in whole not in smoke so remember all plants have a defensive mechanism and if you eat just enough those toxins well eventually be freed in your body and thats when you callapse thats why I think its is I dont know im probaly wrong but it could happend if you eat a lot of anything but who knows i mean im not a scientist but its the most logical explanation i got