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Study Finds Increase in Youth Ingesting Marijuana Products

A NEW STUDY OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FINDS A NATIONAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF KIDS INGESTING EDIBLE MARIJUANA PRODUCTS.

 

RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT DATA FROM 2017 TO 2021, NOTING THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CASES OF A CHILD YOUNGER THAN SIX EATING A CANNABIS PRODUCT SHOT UP BY MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND PERCENT. SIU MED SCHOOL’S DOCTOR MARIT TWEET:

 

 

SHE SAYS POSSIBLE REASONS INCLUDE STATES LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA, THE PANDEMIC AND THE FORM OF EDIBLES.

 

 

OVER SEVEN THOUSAND CASES WERE CONFIRMED DURING THE FIVE-YEAR TIME PERIOD AND NEARLY A QUARTER OF THOSE KIDS ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL. MOST INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN A HOME.

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