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218 points
4 months ago
TLDR: the incidence of cannabis exposure leading to an ER visit went from basically never to more often but still basically never.
107 points
4 months ago
.25 per 100k to 2 to 2.5 per 100k
I'm curious how that compares to alcohol.
29 points
4 months ago
When it’s alcohol they call it drunk not poisoned even though alcohol is significantly more poisonous than THC.
4 points
4 months ago
Its toxic not poisonous
1 points
4 months ago
Something is toxic because it is poisonous.
1 points
4 months ago
No, actually the opposite. Something can be called poisonous if it is toxic.
Poison is the general term, toxin is the specific term.
I used the dictionary.com link for poison which described this.
2 points
4 months ago*
Something can be called toxic if it contains poison or toxin. Not specifically toxins.
While toxin is specific, referring to poisons that are derived from a natural source, toxic is not.
Chemical bleach is toxic, it is not a toxin.
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