Edible Marijuana That Looks Like Candy Hurting Kids

Edible marijuana that looks like candy has been sending kids to the ER, and it is extremely difficult to tell the difference. For kids it might be impossible for them to tell the difference between this pot laced candy and harmless candy.

Watch This Rossen Report from the Today Show on NBC (May 25, 2016) covering the issue:

 

 

According to John Ingold, who wrote an article for the Denver Post in May of 2014:

“The number of children coming into Colorado’s largest pediatric emergency department after accidentally eating marijuana is on pace to more than double last year’s total.

Michael DiStefano, the medical director of the Children’s Hospital Colorado emergency department, said nine kids so far this year have been brought into the hospital for accidental marijuana ingestion. Of those, seven were admitted to the hospital’s intensive-care unit — most commonly for what DiStefano said was either extreme sedation or agitation. One of those kids had breathing problems that required a respirator, DiStefano said.

Most of the children admitted are between 3 and 7 years old, DiStefano said.

Last year, the hospital saw eight children in its emergency room who accidentally ate marijuana. Between 2005 and 2013, only eight children were admitted at the hospital for unintentional marijuana ingestion, DiStefano said.”

Here are a couple of pictures of candy that is dangerous for your kids:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are many more, so be sure to talk to your kids and watch what they are consuming.

 

 

 

Thanks to NBC, the Today Show, and the Rossen Report for their piece on this concern for all parents.