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Prohibitionists Have Goregasm Over Student's Death, Source: http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/KUSA/USATODAY/2014/04/02//1396496312000-Still0402-00016.jpgThis is a follow up to my piece on Levi Pongi, the 19 year old student who tragically fell to his death in Denver a couple of weeks ago. The headline on his passing read, “Denver Student Dies After Eating Pot Cookie.”

In my last article, I stated, “I think Project SAM may need a new pair of shorts after reading about Levi. They will load their bullshit cannon full of “truthy” statements and scare the snakes in the bushes.” Sure, I was being a bit snarky, but I was fully anticipating the prohibitionist movement would jump on this story and use it to support their cause. Well, I hit this one pretty much on the head. The good folks over at High Times compiled a list of such tweets. I think you’ll see some familiar names:

@KevinSabet (Head of anti-legalization group Project SAM): Student fell to death after eating pot cookie – But I thought no one ever died from marijuana? ti.me/1fMQntK via @TIME

@ChristineTatum (Wife of Denver Rehab Entrepreneur Christian Thurstone): @KevinSabet, add “Profound Denial and Delusion” to the long list of maladies afflicting many weed-legalization supporters. @TIME

@KevinSabet: Coroner says student who fell to death after eating marijuana cookie didnt have alcohol/other drugs in system http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/classified-odd/04/03/14/student-falls-death-after-eating-marijuana-cookie …

@ScottMGagnon (Head of Project SAM in Maine): @RadicalRuss @ChristineTatum It does kinda put a big dent in that whole “safer” argument. MJ impairment is serious with serious outcomes.

@LNseven5 (Head of Hillsborough County, Florida, Anti Drug Alliance): Pot does have harmful effects! Man dies after fall in Denver; coroner says related to marijuana intoxication. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25475533/denver-coroner-man-fell-death-after-eating-marijuana …

If you’ll notice, not a single mention of condolence or even a scrap of humanity. I expected these people to be narrow-minded and aggressive, I did not expect such a bloodbath. A young person died and that’s a terrible thing.

These prohibitionists gathered around Levi’s body and tore at it like carrion birds. I knew they had no respect for science or logical discourse, but it now seems they hold no respect period. They can blast all these tweets about how dangerous pot is, happily pointing out that Levi had no other intoxicants in his system besides weed, yet they completely disregard the whole falling part. Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that this story is only as deep as the headline. Let’s assume that Levi ate a pot cookie and the cannabis itself made him go crazy. Had he been in a field, the first floor, even locked in the bathroom, he would likely not be in the paper the next day.

Gravity, terminal velocity, and the greater mass of the ground are the causes of this death.

Title: Prohibitionists Have Goregasm Over Student's Death, Source: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/12/article-1143876-037F5890000005DC-118_468x496.jpg

Blanket was so stoned, he just had to jump! Good thing Jacko pulled him back.

High Times marvelously refutes these prohibition douche-nozzles, an excerpt:

“Obviously marijuana kills because it can make you dizzy and lead you to fall off of tall buildings, so it must be banned!…Except, if that’s the case, what are we going to do about these other stories in the news:

Arizona State University student falls to death from balcony after partying (NY Daily News)
“Naomi McClendon, 18, fell from a 10th-floor balcony at an off-campus ASU student high rise early Sunday. She appeared to be drunk at the time and was filmed struggling to walk through the building’s lobby, authorities said.”

Damn, it looks like an underage person got a hold of a drug that affected her balance and led to a fall from a tall building that killed her! I guess it is time we repealed the 21st Amendment and returned to alcohol prohibition.

First Date Ends in a Deadly Fall From a 17th-Story Balcony (NY Times)
“That is where Jennifer Rosoff was shortly before 1 a.m. on Thursday, having retired to her 17th-floor balcony in Midtown with a man she had just met for a first date. As they talked, she casually hoisted herself atop the wide metal railing, cigarette in hand.  Then Ms. Rosoff was gone.  She fell 140 feet to the construction scaffolding at the base of the building, at 400 East 57th Street, and died from the impact.”

Egads! Now cigarette smoking is causing people to fall off their balconies! I guess we have to make nicotine a Schedule I drug and imprison any adult who buys a pack of cigarettes.”

Follow the link for the complete article, it’s pretty great.