Nearly half of the States in the U.S. currently allow the use of Cannabis for either recreational or medical purposes. While much has been made about the thousands of studies showing valuable medical benefits from this herb, there has been a conspicuous lack of scientific studies even suggesting that Cannabis is dangerous.

However, it is widely known that cannabis can get you killed. Here are examples of how you – or someone you love – could fall victim to the wiles of this crafty yet felonious garden vegetable.

[Editor’s Note: There has never been a recorded cannabis overdose or death. However, thousands die every year in America and beyond as a result of U.S. cannabis prohibition. Even more are locked up for life for nonviolent, cannabis-related crimes. Here are a few examples of the ways in which the criminal justice policysurrounding cannabis is far more dangerous than the plant they prohibit.]

Get arrested for possession or cultivation.

Peter McWilliams was a successful author of self-help books, like How to Survive the Loss of Loveand Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country.In 1996, the same year California voters legalized medical marijuana, McWilliams was diagnosed with AIDS and […]