Is it possible to overdose on marijuana?<\/p>\n
In a recent episode of AsapSCIENCE, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown illustrate how several legal substances can kill you way faster than pot ever could.<\/p>\n
For instance, 70 cups of coffee would likely give the average person a heart attack.<\/p>\n
13 consecutive shots of liquor can cause the area of the brain that controls heart rate and breathing to shut down.<\/p>\n
6 liters of water will cause the brain to swell which can lead to headaches, coma and even death.<\/p>\n
48 teaspoons of your favorite salty seasoning can cause a condition known as hypernatremia, in which your brain cells begin to shrink. This can lead to seizures, coma or death.<\/p>\n
Cherries provide many health benefits. However, 1 or 2 ground cherry pits contain enough cyanide to render your cells unable to use oxygen.<\/p>\n
You probably know that chocolate is lethal for dogs to consume.\u00a085 chocolate bars contain enough theobromine to kill the average person.<\/p>\n
So, how much weed would constitute a lethal dose?<\/p>\n
You would have to eat 22 kilograms of marijuana to be at risk of death. You would have to smoke 680 kilograms in 15 minutes to induce a lethal response.\u00a0 Incidentally, 680 kilos is about the size of a cow and one and a half times the size of a grand piano.<\/p>\n
This explains why there has never been a single documented death directly linked to consuming too much pot.<\/p>\n
In the latest episode<\/a> of AsapSCIENCE<\/a>,\u00a0Mitchell Moffit<\/a> and Gregory Brown<\/a>\u00a0look at what quantity of a variety of substances constitute a lethal dose to humans.
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