The number of kids ages five and younger unintentionally exposed to edible marijuana have tripled in the last five years, but lawmakers are not prioritizing regulation revisions this year.
parents may want to hear this next one. a new study finds a concerning spike in the number of reports of young children accidentally eating marijuana edibles. according to the journal pediatrics from 2017, to 2020, one calls to poison control center, is about kids five and under eating out of those biden steak jumped more than 1300 percent. not at the children died but nearly a quarter were hospitalized. joining me right now is dr. antonia nominate, right now assistant professor of emergency professor toxicology at rush university medical center. and a coauthor of that study. so doctor, i hope i got your last name, right please correct me if not. it s very close, thank you. tell me about why this is happening. so the reason that this is happening is because, for the most part, it s just that these edibles are more prevalent in homes, more states have legalized cannabis products in recent years, and so kids just have more opportunities to get exposed to them. what we found in term