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As more places legalize marijuana, policymakers and health officials have worried about the health risks that the drug may pose to adolescents. But a new study suggests that an additional demographic is at risk: seniors.
The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that after Canada legalized marijuana, the number of emergency room visits for cannabis poisoning rose sharply among people 65 and older. Poisonings doubled after Canada legalized sale of the cannabis flower and then tripled just 15 months later, when Canada legalized the sale of edibles.
“It’s often a baked good, a chocolate or a gummy,” said Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Mount Sinai Hospital and researcher at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, and lead author on the study. Stall noted that researchers and emergency room doctors were finding that seniors used drugs intentionally but also sometimes by accident, when edibles were mistaken for regular food or snacks.
Symptoms of cannabis poisoning can include dizziness, confusion, nausea, loss of coordination and balance, drowsiness and hallucinations.
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Edible cannabis has completely different effect than the smoked or vaped form. The THC is processed in the liver and not by the lungs and the effects are not immediate and can be much stronger and long lasting when you are eating it, as these seniors are finding out. Back in the day there were not edibles except for the rare brownie. Legalization has changed all that. If you are planning on taking an edible and have not taken one before be very careful to not take too much or you might end up on the Headline News
The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that after Canada legalized marijuana, the number of emergency room visits for cannabis poisoning rose sharply among people 65 and older. Poisonings doubled after Canada legalized sale of the cannabis flower and then tripled just 15 months later, when Canada legalized the sale of edibles.
“It’s often a baked good, a chocolate or a gummy,” said Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Mount Sinai Hospital and researcher at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, and lead author on the study. Stall noted that researchers and emergency room doctors were finding that seniors used drugs intentionally but also sometimes by accident, when edibles were mistaken for regular food or snacks.
Symptoms of cannabis poisoning can include dizziness, confusion, nausea, loss of coordination and balance, drowsiness and hallucinations.
Legalized Weed Is Landing More Seniors in the ER
As more places legalize marijuana, policymakers and health officials have worried about the health risks that the drug may pose to adolescents. But a new study suggests that an additional demographic is at risk: seniors. The study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that after...
Edible cannabis has completely different effect than the smoked or vaped form. The THC is processed in the liver and not by the lungs and the effects are not immediate and can be much stronger and long lasting when you are eating it, as these seniors are finding out. Back in the day there were not edibles except for the rare brownie. Legalization has changed all that. If you are planning on taking an edible and have not taken one before be very careful to not take too much or you might end up on the Headline News
