Posted: May 11, 2021 7:27 AM AT | Last Updated: May 11
Seven-year-old Moises in his hospital bed in Miramichi Regional Hospital. Moises became ill Saturday after he ate cannabis cookies, thinking they were Oreos.(Tobi Leah Russo/Facebook)
A New Brunswick mom whose seven-year-old was hospitalized after eating what he thought were Oreo cookies is calling for a crackdown on cannabis-product packaging.
Tobi Russo, who lives on Eel Ground First Nation southwest of Miramichi and is recovering from surgery, says she was having a rest on the couch Saturday morning when her youngest son, Moises, came upstairs to tell her he wasn t feeling well.