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Number of young children who accidentally ate cannabis edibles jumped 1,375% in five years, study finds

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Number of young children who accidentally ate cannabis edibles jumped 1,375% in five years, study finds [1]
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Sunday, January 15, 2023

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In just five years, the number of small children in the US exposed to cannabis after accidentally eating an edible rose 1,375%, a new study says.
There were more than 7,040 exposures to edible cannabis in kids under 6 between 2017 and 2021, according to an analysis of records from the National Poison Data System [4], a central repository for data from America’s Poison Centers.

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[1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/cannabis-edibles-wellness?mc_cid=0817145845&mc_eid=df7bc64fa1
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/edibles
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/poisoning
[4] https://aapcc.org/national-poison-data-system