It also implies that either the blood was taken within 30 minutes of inhalation or they are measuring something else entirely.
Post mortem diffusion can happen, in either direction. Unless the individual died while smoking, there would have been ample opportunity for the drug to distribute within the bloodstream that could allow post mortem diffusion.
Unless the numbers I have for the blood stream decay rate are completely wrong a number as high as 30.7 seems like an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.
I saw a rate of 46% of car crash fatalities are within 30 minutes of the moment of impact. Unless they are only considering the subset of immediate deaths, I would be very sceptical of their numbers.
Have you been to a weed store in a state with legal recreational usage? In my experience, the stores are always busy and you see a wide cross-section of society in line.
> Cannabis use in the past year and past month remained at historically high levels for both adult age groups in 2023. Among adults 19 to 30 years old, approximately 42% reported cannabis use in the past year, 29% in the past month, and 10% daily use (use on 20 or more occasions in the past 30 days). Among adults 35 to 50, reports of use reached 29%, 19%, and 8%, respectively.
sct202|4 months ago
apwell23|4 months ago
Lerc|4 months ago
Post mortem diffusion can happen, in either direction. Unless the individual died while smoking, there would have been ample opportunity for the drug to distribute within the bloodstream that could allow post mortem diffusion.
Unless the numbers I have for the blood stream decay rate are completely wrong a number as high as 30.7 seems like an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence.
I saw a rate of 46% of car crash fatalities are within 30 minutes of the moment of impact. Unless they are only considering the subset of immediate deaths, I would be very sceptical of their numbers.
o11c|4 months ago
daeken|4 months ago
Hard to argue that's a small percentage.
sjsdaiuasgdia|4 months ago
Half of Americans have tried pot at least once: https://news.gallup.com/poll/509399/fully-half-americans-tri...
trenchpilgrim|4 months ago
https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2024/08/canna...
bryanlarsen|4 months ago