37 deaths
2014-02-26 21:52:22.498931+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Daily Currant satirizes: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization.
Annapolis Police Chief Michael Pristoop cites it as evidence during Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee hearings. Luckily, a state senator had a clue:
Sen. Jamie Raskin, who has proposed a bill that would legalize recreational pot, responded with an immediate correction: “Unless you have some other source for this, I’m afraid I’ve got to spoil the party here, but your assertion that 37 people died of a marijuana overdose in Colorado was a hoax on the Daily Currant and the Comedy Central website.”
But this is something to remember, especially on Facebook when some distant connection yet again forwards an urban legend with "and I checked it with my local police before forwarding it".
And when we're listening to testimony during city council meetings.