--- description: The young man who fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hotel in Denver had eaten marijuana cookies before the accident, the coroner's report finds title: Man Jumped to Death After Eating Marijuana Cookies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Drugs](/tag/drugs/) ## Drugs Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Spring Breaker Fell to His Death After Eating Pot Cookies by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 7:14 AM CUT by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2014 7:14 AM CUT A young man who died when he fell off a balcony in Denver last month had [eaten marijuana-laced cookies](http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci%5F25475533/denver-coroner-man-fell-death-after-eating-marijuana "undefined") before the accident, according to the local coroner. The coroner’s report on the accident found that the man, 19-year-old Levy Thamba, died because of the injuries he suffered from the fall from the fourth floor of a hotel, the Denver _Post_ reports. The coroner listed the intoxication from the marijuana cookies he had eaten prior to the fall as a significant factor contributing to his death. Thamba, a student visiting the city on spring break, began speaking erratically and behaving violently shortly after eating the cannabis-infused cookies. “\[His\] friends attempted to calm him down and were temporarily successful,” the report states. “However, \[he\] eventually reportedly jumped out of bed, went outside the hotel room, and jumped over the balcony railing.” Pot tourism is a growing business in Colorado ever since marijuana sales for recreational use became legal in the state this year. The coroner’s office said Thamba didn’t have a history of mental-health issues, the Post reports. “We have no history of any other issues until he eats a marijuana cookie and becomes erratic and this happens,” corner spokeswoman Michelle Weiss-Samaras said. “It’s the one thing we have that’s significant.” \[[_The Denver Post_](http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci%5F25475533/denver-coroner-man-fell-death-after-eating-marijuana "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/47839/colorado-marijuana-legalization-denver-pot-cookies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/47839/colorado-marijuana-legalization-denver-pot-cookies/"},"headline":"Spring Breaker Fell to His Death After Eating Pot Cookies","datePublished":"2014-04-03T07:14:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:06:35.545Z","description":"The young man who fell to his death from the fourth floor of a hotel in Denver began speaking erratically and behaving violently shortly after eating the cannabis-infused cookies, the coroner's report finds","url":"https://time.com/47839/colorado-marijuana-legalization-denver-pot-cookies/","keywords":["Drugs","Marijuana","Death","Denver","Accident"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/drugs/","name":"Drugs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/47839/colorado-marijuana-legalization-denver-pot-cookies/","name":"Spring Breaker Fell to His Death After Eating Pot Cookies"}}]}] ```