Kmanvb

Why do you think that the fourteen computer science teachers who voted against you did so? It seems like they should be the other people on top of the game by realizing that what you did was not breaking any laws and was, in fact, helping the university, yet they chose the opposite side.

Wow, that's kind of messed up. Shouldn't there be some sort of formal procedure for something as serious as expulsion in place? As in, an honor-court system to determine the level of guilt and punishment. I'm sorry, there really is no way to justify their actions except hey you've got more offers and a little added publicity now I guess.

Hey there, for that sorta thing there are concepts known as NOAEL and LOAEL, which are No Observed Adverse Effect Level and Lowest Observed Adverse Effect Level, respectively. These are for dosages, and there are ways to determine these either from statistical analysis or from the LD50 (lethal dose in 50% of the population).

Also, there is a concept known as the RfC or Reference Concentration, and RfD, or Reference Dose, which are estimated of the greatest concentration inhaled or dose ingested without an appreciable risk of cancer or other health effects over a lifetime. NIOSH and OSHA are decent references for this, and I'm sure California and the EU also have data gathered and acceptable risk levels they've calculated as well.

Crud, should really add this as an edit to truly answer your question: there isn't such a thing as a 'safe' level for chronic contaminants in marijuana, as much as there is a level with as low risk as possible both for immediate consumption and for continued consumption. For instance, you can drink alcohol and go way overboard one night and end up overdosing, but that's not the common way to hurt yourself with alcohol. The more common way is to drink too much for a long period of time, and put excessive strain on your liver and body as a whole. Because of this, there is a level that you can ingest at one time safely AND a different level that you can ingest over a lifespan. The one-time ingestion is typically higher than the chronic limit, because it is all at once, whereas the chronic limit is the lowest-risk lifetime average.

Hope that any of this information is useful for you!

I'm glad to hear! I'm not a chemist, nor a doctor, so I don't want to provide any more specific info that I'm not certain is right, but I work in water treatment and study public health and engineering, so I have a slight background in this stuff. Hope you find the information you need!