Should You Tell Your 7YearOld About Your Weed Gummies?
News Source : New York Magazine
News Summary
- As marijuana has been legalized or decriminalized across the country, there has been a 1,375 percent increase among children under 6 years old in accidental edible-ingestion cases.
- In the past year alone, 9,249 incidents of pediatric edible-cannabis poisonings were reported, 55 percent of which affected kids 5 years old or younger.
- As with cannabis, nicotine poisoning can lead to vomiting, respiratory depression, seizure, and coma.
- Why do such a staggering number of households with young children have these substances within easy reach?
The signs of pediatric cannabis poisoning that parents usually notice first are sleepiness and strangeness. Their child is acting off, parents say. Their kid seems slowed, confused. Some of them vomi [+15421 chars]
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