As the Mississippi State Department of Health continues to monitor the health impacts of recent severe weather in the state, the department warns that significant power outages, home repairs, and flooding can create dangerous and potentially life-threatening situations. Below is a list of recommendations issued by the MSDH for victims.
(JACKSON, Miss.) Reports of children in Mississippi who found and ate marijuana-laced candies and chocolates at home resulting in emergency room visits increased sharply last year, the state's poison control center said in a statement. In 2019, the medical center received two calls concerning the ingestion of edible marijuana products. By 2022, the total
Julia Naue/picture alliance via Getty Images(JACKSON, Miss.) Reports of children in Mississippi who found and ate marijuana-laced candies and chocolates at home resulting in emergency room visits increased sharply last year, the state's poison control center said in a statement. In 2019, the medical center received two calls concerning the ingestion of edible marijuana products. By 2022, the total number of calls had spiked to 36. Fourteen of those calls were in children ages 0 to 12 and three were in teenagers ages 13 to 19, according to Jenna Davis, the managing director of the Mississippi Poison Control Center which is part of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. "In the past 10 days, we've already had four calls for kids ages 0-6," Davis said in a statement Tuesday. "And statewide, these cases are underreported." The medical center warned the calls will continue to rise with marijuana dispensaries slated to open across the state this year. D