The edible use of weeds is up – Doc DOC warns of ‘scary’ reality

High School just took a whole new meaning.

A shocking study outside Canada found that the use of edible adolescents with cannabis increased 43% in the year as the country legalized dried weeds.

A similar trend is developing south of the border, with American doctors warning of a frightening attack on young people who flood the creepy, confused and fully aware of the gummies with innocent views were not just candy.

The findings that are notable, published today in Jama Network Open, come from researchers studying how the Legalization of Canada for 2018 Dried Weed affected youth consumption-especially when it comes to edible edibles as child-friendly snacks.

To discover, the team fired a survey from more than 106,000 students in grades 7 to 11, collected between 2018 and 2022.

The results are a serious movement for the peace of the parental mind.

Legalization was associated with a 26% jump in the total use of adolescent cannabis-with edible use by increasing 43% and smoking up 34%. Even more worrying, co-use of alcohol and cannabis is 28% of young people.

Researchers also found that students were less likely to believe that the use of the cannabis could be harmful.

THC treats the Spark of the State of the State

“There are no surprises in this study,” said Dr. Elise Perlman, a pediatric emergency doctor at the Children’s Medical Center Cohen in New York for The Post.

“It is nice to see some numbers that show exactly what we are seeing in the emergency room, which is that legalization of THC products coincides with an increased number of children or adolescents who use these products because they have become so common in families,” she added.

In the US, marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, but 39 countries and DC allow medical use, and 24 countries plus the capital have given the green light for recreational use.

This wave of legalization has brought with it a flood of cannabis edibles – often packaged to look like popular brands of cookies, candy and other snacks that children love.

It led to a disturbing trend. A 2023 study found more than 7,000 reported cases of accidental swallowing by children under 5 years of age between 2017 and 2021 – an increase of 1.375%.

Small bodies, large effects

â € œkids metabolize the active ingredient of cannabis, thc, much slower than adults, â € explained Perlman.

“If a child inadvertently gets into what they think is their oreos or their skittles or their sour children, and they eat the whole bag, they will have very serious toxic effects from what they just ate against an adult can have some effects, but not as bad as a child,” she said.

At the ER, Perlman said they will see everything, from young to adolescents-but more often, children under the five end up there after they have not sued weeds.

And understanding what is not wrong wrong is not always easy.

Symptoms of THC swallowing vary greatly depending on how much it was consumed and the age of the child or adolescence. Perlman said some show no signs at all – while others roll in lethargic, unanswered or suffer from effects that mimic serious medical illnesses such as meningitis or sepsis.â

“This is usually what we are seeing,” Perlman said. “When you don’t know exactly what’s going on, it can lead to a very invading and very wide job,” she said.

This can mean lab tests, brain scans, spinal taps and sometimes a trip to the intensive care unit. All of them can be quite scary for families – not to mention expensive.

Although the pot products are easy to find throughout the US, awareness of their dangers – and how to save them for sure – “is missing”, “Perlman warned.

Doctors are still joining short and long -term effects of THC, especially when it comes to children and adolescents. But early research is giving experts enough to worry.

Model models € œanimal, especially in rats, have shown that chronic use can lead to structural brain changes, which is quite scary, – Perlman said.

“In human models and studies, we are learning that there can be changes in memory and learning damage and a decrease in IQ over time,” she added.

The use of cannabis is also related to the decrease in academic performance, as well as the highest risks of anxiety, depression and deterioration of existing mental health issues.

“There is definitely damage, and there is definitely side effects,” Perlman said. â € œ[This] It makes it even more important to be a little more careful about what we are keeping in our home and what we are allowing our children to explore and engage with it.