Elementary Students from Key Taken to Hospital After Eating Edibles at School

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Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

yeah as a formerly bad kid who definitely smoked oregano once after searching the whole house for pot … that’s not enough! you need a safe, or even just move to vaping or smoking. because a nosy bad kid can get in a LOT more trouble with a jar of edibles as compared to a baggie of weed.

Oregano! Haha! I am not going to smoke or vape but I hear you on ensuring the edibles are truly inaccessible to the kids! I already have another idea about what I could do to make sure they can’t ever get them.

I have no idea why my friend and I smoked the oregano. We convinced ourselves it was pot and smoked it through a tea strainer We were definitely older though - 14 or 15. But on a more serious note, that same friend started taking Percocet she found in her parents emergency medical kit (they were proto prepper types). So yeah, kids get into everything.

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Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

"My mom bought some special gummy bears that she says are extra delicious and for grown ups only -- want to try one??" <-- I totally believe this could have happened.

Yes, parents who eat edibles probably make a point of telling their kids that they're "extra delicious," that makes perfect sense. Makes about as much sense as "these eleven year olds thought it was gummy bears but ate exactly one each." You guys are pretzeling yourself into knots to avoid the obvious conclusion here.

If an adult is consuming these gummy edibles in front of their child, then the child is likely seeing that the adult only takes one at a time. Understandable that the child would follow that example and only give one to each of their friends.

Careful what you do; children will see.

Careful how hard you stretch to believe that sweet innocent would never be interested in trying drugs kids are being raised by completely irresponsible drug fiends who partake in front of their kids while bragging about how delicious their special candy is. Like, this line of reasoning never made sense to begin with but it's getting fascinating to see how far you'll carry it. What's next, a dispensary CEO pried open each kid's mouth while they wept "but I'm not allowed to share snacks!"

Oh my god, I am the person who wrote extra delicious and I was just pulling words out of my ass. Let's not get bogged down in sympantics, okay? Maybe mommy said "these are grown up gummies, they're not for you" and kid was curious about what is in grown up gummies, why mommy likes them, maybe mommy slipped one time and said "these are grown up gummies, they make me feel better when I'm sick" and kiddo was not feeling well and thought he'd try one, then decided to share with his friends because they did, in fact, make him feel better. I have no idea. What I do know, is that some idiot parent left their pot gummies out for their kid to find and share with their friends. Mommy/Daddy/Uncle Fred/whoever it was clearly has issues.

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LOL at sympatics, that obviously should have said "semantics".

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

And they didn’t notice the VERY different taste? The parents are telling themselves a tall tale because it’s what they want to believe.

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Anonymous wrote:First, people who think these 5th grade kids were experimenting and want to blame the kids are ridiculous. I have a 7th grader and candy is like social currency at school. Every kid tries to bring candy to school to share with friends. Believe it or not, many kids are totally obvious to this stuff, as they should be.

Second, DC could absolutely do more to crack down on marijuana packaged as candy. This is becoming a national problem and there is a clear and obvious role for government intervention. If your government legalizes this stuff, then they need to regulate it better. Not doing anything is a choice.

https://www.foxla.com/news/marijuana-dispensaries-packaging-edibles-as-candy-lasd-warns-parents-to-be-aware

They gave one gummy bear to each friend.

You are ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

+1 maybe save your drugging for when the kids are off to college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

What take is this? The fact that something is potentially harmful to a child does not mean that adults who have children cannot utilize or interact with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

What take is this? The fact that something is potentially harmful to a child does not mean that adults who have children cannot utilize or interact with it.

So you're a gun rights advocate too? Great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

Why would I do that? Do you have alcohol in the house? Kind of the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

What take is this? The fact that something is potentially harmful to a child does not mean that adults who have children cannot utilize or interact with it.

So you're a gun rights advocate too? Great.

Um no actually. I think guns are harmful to adult Americans as well and that they they should not utilize or interact with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

What take is this? The fact that something is potentially harmful to a child does not mean that adults who have children cannot utilize or interact with it.

So you're a gun rights advocate too? Great.

Um no actually. I think guns are harmful to adult Americans as well and that they they should not utilize or interact with them.

I’m with you on both counts, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

Or you could stop using it.

Why would I do that? Do you have alcohol in the house? Kind of the same thing.

dp: We drink some, but rarely have alcohol in the house. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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People trying to justify their substance abuse, even if it puts kids in harms way, are really something.

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Anonymous wrote:People trying to justify their substance abuse, even if it puts kids in harms way, are really something.

Where do you see substance abuse being justified or defended? I haven’t seen that anywhere in this thread.