Tag: Overdose
The number of New Yorkers dying from heroin overdoses has doubled over the last three years. The New York Times reports: In all, 420 people fatally overdosed on heroin in 2013 out of a total of 782 drug overdoses, rising to a level not seen in a decade in both absolute numbers and as a population-adjusted rate, according […]
Gemma Moss, a 31-year-old British woman, reportedly died this week of a cannabis overdose. This is notable because it’s widely understood that death from pot is virtually impossible. The only other dubious report also comes from Britain: in 2004, Lee Maisey was said to die of cannabis poisoning at age 36. A study cited in […]
