Those Hamilton city workers who brought pot brownies to work? They're fired (CBC)
Two city employees have been fired after bringing pot brownies to work, and making a co-worker ill after he unknowingly ate one.
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The incident happened around 11 p.m. ET on Dec. 22. That's when a 20-year-old man was taken from the Stoney Creek public works yard in a "code 4 life-threatening situation," said Hamilton paramedic duty officer Ben Roth.
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Hamilton police also conducted an investigation, said Const. Claus Wagner, but it was concluded without charges. "There was insufficient evidence to lay charges," he said. The worker who got ill is now doing fine and is back at work, Davis said.
"In every group there will be bad apples — and our job is to mitigate that," Coun. Sam Merulla, who is also the chair of the public works committee, told CBC Tuesday.
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/those-hamilton-city-workers-who-brought-pot-brownies-to-work-they-re-fired-1.2900750?cmp=rss
A further comment on this article:
— Samantha Craggs (@SamCraggsCBC) January 14, 2015
Marijuana affects the body differently depending on if it's eaten or smoked. When it's smoked, users get high faster because THC goes directly to the brain — but if someone eats pot, it takes longer to hit them, and tends to slow motor skills in a more intense way.
Dr. Mitchell Levine, with the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, said it’s extremely unlikely that a person could die from eating marijuana.
"The fear that can occur when you don’t know what’s happening to you can be a total panic attack," Levine said. "The reality is – someone dying from a THC overdose is almost unheard of."
I am in no way making light of this situation - marijuana (like alcohol) does NOT belong anywhere near the work place and ought to be an "off-time" activity for consenting adults.
Still, I agree with Dr. Mitchell Levine in that this was more than likely a THC- induced panic attack.
