Edibles are often packaged to look like candy or cookies, and kids, unaware of the risk they pose, can sometimes eat several in a single sitting, Dr. Antonia Nemanich says.
, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics.
and the coronavirus pandemic, which meant more children were staying at home, most likely drove the increase, said a co-author of the study, Dr. Antonia Nemanich, an assistant professor of emergency medicine and toxicology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Sam Wang, an emergency medicine physician and pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said the study reflects what he is seeing in his hospital.Wang said the majority of the cases at the Colorado hospital have been "pretty mild," with children often experiencing sleepiness or loss of balance, although he has seen, in rare instances, children who needed to be put on ventilators to help with breathing or children who had fallen into comas.
Wang called for regulation of how marijuana manufacturers can advertise their products, including regulations that ensure the advertising doesn't appeal to children.
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