“The number of children treated for exposure to marijuana before Sept. 30 was zero. The number from Oct. 1 on was 14 with eight of those coming directly from consuming marijuana food products.”
Parents were simply not reporting it or covering it up because it was illegal. Do you honestly believe the number was really “zero”?
In any case, we’re talking about 8 kids over almost 3 years and none of them had permanent injury. Practically anything else you find in our world is more dangerous.
And yes, for the patient to be 100% safe they should be monitored for breathing. But unlike with alcohol poisoning, vomiting into the lungs is rare and they need less monitoring. The patient just needs to be lying down properly and away from pillows, bags, etc. There have been no officially recorded cases of someone choking while only on cannabis. The only thing close is when a victim mixed it with plenty of alcohol and choked.
No. That's the number of "treatments," not ER visits.
It is still illegal in Colorado and Washington for people under 21 to consume pot.
The law requires that parents protect their children from danger, such as guns and drugs. Many people have been successfully prosecuted for allowing their kids (and non-family members) to gain access to guns or drugs.
We can argue over whether MJ should be legal or illegal, but there is no discussion on the legality of allowing minors to have access (even accidentally) and consuming MJ.