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Levy Thamba Pongi Case

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Wyoming College Student Levy Thamba Pongi, 19, jumped to his death at a Denver hotel on March 11, 2016 after eating more of a marijuana cookie than was recommended by a seller. Police records show - a finding that comes amid increased concern about the strength of popular pot edibles after Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. Pongi consumed more than one cookie purchased by a friend - even though a store clerk told the friend to cut each cookie into six pieces and to eat just one piece at a time, said the reports obtained Thursday. Pongi began shaking, screaming and throwing things around a hotel room before he jumped over a fourth-floor railing into the hotel lobby. An autopsy report listed marijuana

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