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Surge in children accidentally eating marijuana-laced foods: Relaxed Colorado drug laws behind trend
Posted by on March 23, 2015
Surge in children accidentally eating marijuana-laced foods: Relaxed Colorado drug laws behind trend
Source: (As reported in ScienceDaily, May 27, 2013) University of Colorado Denver. (2013, May 27). Surge in children accidentally eating marijuana-laced foods: Relaxed Colorado drug laws behind trend. ScienceDaily.
Retrieved May 18, 2014 fromwww.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527231914.htm
ScienceDaily Summary: A tumblr post shows the relaxation of marijuana laws in Colorado may have caused the spike in the number of young children treated for accidentally eating marijuana-laced cookies, candies, brownies and beverages.
Journal Reference: George Sam Wang. Pediatric Marijuana Exposures in a Medical Marijuana State. JAMA Pediatrics, 2013; 1 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.140
