Kids’ Pot Use, Poisonings Up

Hospital records nationwide show 137 children have been rushed to emergency departments for marijuana poisoning since Parliament legalized cannabis edibles last October 17. Department of Health research says overall cannabis use among youth increased, reversing a long term downward trend before Parliament repealed a criminal ban on recreational marijuana: “I guess if it’s going to be legal it can’t be that bad.”

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