And it is true that calls to Poison Control Centers about THC ingestion by minors have increased since the pandemic began. The narrative that adult-use legalization was leading to kids to THC overdose has been percolating for the past couple of years. There is no evidence of long-term damage, nor even of short-term damage beyond physical and emotional discomfort. To be sure, kids here and there definitely get into their parents’ edibles, even believing them to be candy, and “overdose” in the sense that they consume more THC than intended, since the intended amount is zero.īut what almost all the press releases and media reports fail to mention is that these kids are not significantly harmed, even in the specific cases commonly linked to as drastic examples.
“‘Overdose’ has a fairly specific meaning,” Claire Zagorski, a paramedic and coordinator for the University of Texas at Austin’s Pharmacy Addictions Research & Medicine Program, told Filter. There is no such thing as THC overdose in any accurate sense of the term. New York parents should be on the alert for deceptive cannabis products that look like standard snacks and candy but contain dangerously high concentrations of THC.Īny New Yorker that has encountered these products should contact my office immediately: “Cause of death may be due to other substances.” “1 death reported to RMPC involved polysubstance intentional overdose in which marijuana was one of the substances involved in the overdose,” notes the asterisk on that report. The second is a single death among the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center’s THC-involved poison control outcomes for 2018. I can think of only two possible sources for her claim : The first is the 2014 case in which a college student jumped off a balcony several hours after consuming an edible and died of traumatic injury. This story will be updated with any comment received after publication. AG James’ office did not respond to Filter ’s short-notice request for comment by publication time. To date, there is no confirmed evidence that “THC overdose” has ever killed anyone, adult or child. This is a stunning claim, even by weed disinformation standards.
“In light of an increase in accidental overdoses among children nationwide, it is more vital than ever that we do everything we can to curb this crisis and prevent any further harm, or even worse, death.” Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut and New York (and Arkansas earlier this month) decried the dangers of youth “THC overdose” but without hinting at what those dangers might be-except for New York Attorney General Letitia James, who alone of the AGs swung big: On October 26, four state AGs issued such claims, all using the same data and language, which appears to have been generously pre-written for them by the Department of Homeland Security.
This year, however, the familiar warning has gotten an update: that amid the pandemic, the US is seeing a spike in “THC overdose,” driven by edibles, among children.
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Because it is October, attorneys general across the country are participating in the annual tradition of urging parents to stand vigilant against free drugs disguised as candy.
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