Thursday, July 28, 2016

Study Finds Sharp Increase in Marijuana Exposure Among Colorado Children

Image result for home aloneStudy Finds Sharp Increase in Marijuana Exposure Among Colorado Children - The New York Times:
"To a child on the prowl for sweets, that brownie, cookie or bear-shaped candy left on the kitchen counter is just asking to be gobbled up.
But in states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use, notably Colorado, that child may end up with more than a sugar high.
A study published on Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics says that in Colorado the rates of marijuana exposure in young children, many of them toddlers, have increased 150 percent since 2014, when recreational marijuana products, like sweets, went on the market legally..."

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