Those E.R. visits weren't my fault; those uneducated bystanders should've put them in their beds. Even when I, the defendant Cannabis, by whatever name the U.S. Government wants to place upon me, am accidentally ingested by human infants and children, I only put them to sleep.
Consider the News video below and listen carefully to what the News Announcer says about her child "MADE A FULL RECOVERY & HE'S BACK TO HIS OLD SELF", after her child woke up from my induced sleep ... NOT DEATH!
As far as there hasn't been enough research done on I, the defendant Cannabis, I draw the Jury's attention to 1971 and a statement made by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare from the 1st Marihuana and Health report to Congress on page #13 of the defendant's Exhibit 142.
If the Jury will read under the section "PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ACUTE MARIHUANA USE" the Jury will read "From the standpoint of lethality, cannabis products must be counted among the safer of the drugs in widespread use. Death directly attributable to the drug's effects is extremely rare ..."
By "extremely rare at very high doses" The Secretary of H.E.W., means NO ONE HAS EVER DIED FROM USING ME. I draw the Jury's attention to 1972 & a statement made by the Chairman of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse. See defendant's Exhibit#211 Marihuana-A Signal of Misunderstanding.
I draw the Jury's attention to page #104, and the statement made under LETHALITY. "The Commission's National Survey revealed that 48% of adults believe that some people have died from marihuana use. A careful search of the literature and testimony of the nation's health officials ...
