At the same time, it has been ascertained that marijuana consumption can be safer than alcohol and tobacco consumption. For instance, it would take 40,000 times the amount of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the chemical contained in the plant that gives it psychoactive properties — one normally consumes to get high to be able to overdose on marijuana. It would take only five to 10 times the amount of alcohol one consumes to get drunk, to kill an individual.