The number of incidents in which children under age 6 accidentally ate edible cannabis products rose to 3,054 in 2021, up from 207 in 2017 — a 1,375 percent increase, according to a study.
The number of cases in which children under age 6 accidentally ate edible cannabis products over the last five years is 7,043.
Clinical toxicologist Varun Vohra said the Michigan Poison & Drug Information Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he is the director, has experienced its own "pretty healthy increase in pediatric marijuana exposures, especially kids under 5 and mostly with edibles." The numbers continue to rise: In 2021, the poison center had 211 cases of youngsters under 19 exposed to edibles ; through October of 2022, it already had 225 cases .
Of the 7,043 reported exposures during the five years studied, 2,550 patients were treated at emergency departments and released. About 23 percent were admitted to hospitals, with 573 going to critical care units and 1,027 to noncritical care units. The most frequent clinical effect observed, in almost half the cases, was central nervous system depression - which, Vohra said, can manifest as drowsiness, sleepiness, lethargy, uncoordinated movements, and, in rare cases, seizure activity.
Once a child has ingested an edible, "there's no silver bullet or antidote that specifically reverses the pharmacological effects of THC," Vohra said. A child will receive monitoring and supportive care - such as IV fluids or oxygen, if needed - as the drug is metabolized.
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