Exposure to edible marijuana products causes lethargy, especially in children

Li’l Ratskull Designs/shutterstock.com 3 out of 5 stars Characterization of edible marijuana product exposures reported to United States poison centers. Cao D et al. Clin Toxic 2016 Nov;54:840-846. Abstract As mentioned here a number of times in the past, I find papers that abstract and collate data from computerized poison center registries frustrating and infuriating. They are invariably beset by multiple intractable limitations: incomplete and unreliable data, poor follow-up, unconfirmed assertions, reporting bias, mis-coding, etc etc.  Typically, extensive statistical analysis manipulations are carried out on extremely poor data, resulting in confusing epidemiological argle-bargle. This paper is no exception. However, it is worth skimming since the topic is so timely. The authors analyzed 430 calls to U.S. Poison Centers over a 3-year period (2013 thru 2015) regarding single-substance oral human exposure to marijuana edibles (brownies, candies, cookies and the like.) Data was provided by the National Poison Data System. Note that these cases represented reported single-substance exposure to marijuana edibles — there was no reported laboratory confirmation. Not surprisingly, they found that the frequency of such calls has been increasing, especially in states such as Colorado and Washington where both medical and recreational marijuana is legal. Many of the results reported are not interesting, since they depend merely on what cases were reported. However, som...
Source: The Poison Review - Category: Toxicology Authors: Tags: Medical brownies cannabis edibles marijuana Source Type: news