Marijuana edibles can be especially risky for children, whose metabolisms are different from adults, researchers said.
Baked goods, candies or other cannabis-infused edibles may not be as safe as people think, researchers at the University of Toronto warn.
It's difficult to die from overdosing on marijuana, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But an overdose can cause extreme confusion, anxiety, paranoia, hallucinations and vomiting. After Colorado legalized consumption of edibles, the state's poison control center saw a 70% increase in calls for accidental cannabis exposure in children from 2013 to 2017, the researchers said. Studies of health-care usage also reported more children than adults being treated for "ingestion incidents," they said. The elderly are also not excluded from risk, they said.
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