Keep THC edibles out of reach of children
Marijuana gummies are not for children. They can look like candy or toddler snacks but they’re NOT. My wonderful children would absolutely sneak candy from any source possible if given the chance. Off the floor, out of a purse, anywhere. Disgusting but true, which is part of why these marijuana edibles scare me so much. The other night, a three year old girl was in the ER whose mom brought her in because she was acting weird, urine was positive for THC, mom eventually figured out there were gummies in her babysitter’s purse. When the ER doctor called me to admit her, she told me that the child was a little sleepy but still talking and otherwise acting normally; By the time I got downstairs to the ER 5 minutes later to see them, the child was unresponsive to my sternal rub. She was so high she had forgotten to breathe, and ended up in the pediatric intensive care unit for respiratory failure. This patient luckily recovered fine, but this exact story is happening in ERs at alarming rates all over the country – this study looked at rates of pediatric ER visits for accidental ingestion of marijuana in Colorado in children saw a more than 500% increase after legalization, and we are seeing this everywhere now that marijuana is readily available. Edible marijuana products are sold in packages that are easy for toddlers and young kids to get into, and they’re often left in purses or bags within reach of children, but these need to be treated like hazardous medications. If you use marijuana edibles and live with children, take care of children or are just going somewhere where children of any age will be, keep them in a child proof medication container, and keep them far out of reach of children. please just remember - even if they’re legal, marijuana products are NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN, and if you are a parent, make sure anyone who comes near your kids is locking up their edibles!
Study: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2809
Study PMID: 27454910
