CHILD MARIJUANA POISONINGS - Legislation is moving forward across the country to increase access and decrease business barriers within the marijuana industry. But some experts say with that legislation comes some concerning safety trends.
Legislation is moving forward across the country to increase access and decrease business barriers within the marijuana industry.Marijuana became legal in Canada in October 2018. The country waited to legalize edible products until 2020 in the hopes of passing more legislation to try and prevent child poisonings.
"The industry has evolved to have much stronger, more potent products and these edible products are no exception," said Dr. Sam Wang, a pediatric ER physician at Children's Hospital Colorado."Kids can get into a lot of THC in these products, and so they can have more profound symptoms, including sedation, coma. We've seen kids with low oxygen because their breathing is low.
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