‘Edibles’ Are Too Often Eaten by Children

null Jan. 1, 2024 11:29 am ETTHC gummies for sale in Miami, Feb. 5, 2022. Photo: MARCO BELLO/REUTERSAs a doctor working in the pediatric emergency room, I have seen many young children come in sleepy, confused or even nonresponsive after they unintentionally ingested cannabis-infused edibles they thought were candy (“Gummies With Hemp Send Kids to Hospitals,” Page One, Dec. 20). Sometimes these children end up receiving expensive and unnecessary interventions such as blood draws, spinal taps or head imaging, which involves exposure to radiation.As THC products become more available, accessible and potent, it is imperative that we protect children from accidental poisonings that lead to preventable interventions, emergency-room visits and sometimes admissions to hospitals and intensive-care units. Specifically, we need legislation that restricts copycat packaging, requires child-resistant packaging that complies with the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 and limits the quantity o