Can you really overdose on weed?

Reports claim that a U.K. woman passed away from smoking half a joint

Smoking weed
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It's already well documented that you can get extremely paranoid from smoking too much weed or give yourself a terrible stomachache after a terrible case of the munchies.

Now, add sudden death to the list of those fears.

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Michelle Castillo is a freelance writer and editor and a pop culture junkie. Her work has appeared in TIME, the Los Angeles Times and CBS News.