The potency of medical marijuana and its effects on the individual ingesting it are in question in this wrongful death lawsuit.<\/p>\n
This lawsuit deals with an edible marijuana manufacturer in Colorado who sold 50-year-old Richard Kirk a ten-pack of chewy Karma Kandy Orange Ginger candies, each containing 10 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). According to law enforcement personnel, Mr. Kirk had eaten a fair number of those candies the night he shot and killed his wife.<\/p>\n
On April 14, 2014, 44-year-old Kristine Kirk, Richard\u2019s Kirk\u2019s wife, called 911 and told the police her husband had taken some marijuana and was hallucinating. Several minutes later, gunshots were heard and the call was disconnected. <\/p>\n
When police arrived at the Kirk residence, they discovered that the shooting had taken place in front of the couple\u2019s three children. They were not harmed and were placed with relatives. Mr. Kirk was taken into custody and faces first-degree murder charges (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The potency of medical marijuana and its effects on the individual ingesting it are in question in this wrongful death lawsuit. This lawsuit deals with an edible marijuana manufacturer in Colorado who sold 50-year-old Richard Kirk a ten-pack of chewy…<\/span><\/p>\n