Anonymous wrote:This has gotten deleted a few times - I hope Jeff leaves it up! I will bet anything that the kids thought they were eating candy or cookies. The “gifting” shops all over DC sell edibles packaged like candy. Parents should get together to demand reform.

Absolutely. They way these things are packaged they look just like candy. Heck, many of the packages directly copy known candy brands like Skittles and Gummi.

It is the height of ridiculous to me that flavored cigarettes are being banned and yet the public health community has thus far been silent about the risk to kids of marijuana candy.

This should be a much bigger story and should lead to reform, but I doubt it will lead to anything. Because apparently legal marijuana candy for adults is more important than the risk to kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sure some parents left their stash unsecured and the kids thought it was candy.

This. Occam’s Razor. Kid finds dad’s “candy” at home and shares it with his friends, not knowing what it is. Happens every day in states where medical marijuana has been legalized.

Parents should catch a charge or big fine for this, imho.

I completely agree. I hope they do a full investigation.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure some parents left their stash unsecured and the kids thought it was candy.

This. Occam’s Razor. Kid finds dad’s “candy” at home and shares it with his friends, not knowing what it is. Happens every day in states where medical marijuana has been legalized.

Parents should catch a charge or big fine for this, imho.

I'm sure some parents left their stash unsecured and the kids thought it was candy.

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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.

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.

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

If they were 6th graders, they were at the wrong school.

Anonymous wrote:Metropolitan PD posted a note about this on NextDoor. I've heard this happens frequently with toddlers when daycare workers have accidentally brought gummies from home. There was a notable case on Halloween.

Look at this study:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/cannabis-edibles-wellness/index.html

it would be totally illegal to package or advertise alcohol in a way that appeals to children like that! feds need to crack down. dc needs to step up enforcement of marijuana sales - we don’t need 5 headshops on a block selling dangerous to children products

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

Anonymous wrote:Metropolitan PD posted a note about this on NextDoor. I've heard this happens frequently with toddlers when daycare workers have accidentally brought gummies from home. There was a notable case on Halloween.

Look at this study:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/cannabis-edibles-wellness/index.html

What did Metropolitan PD post?

Metropolitan PD posted a note about this on NextDoor. I've heard this happens frequently with toddlers when daycare workers have accidentally brought gummies from home. There was a notable case on Halloween.

Look at this study:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/cannabis-edibles-wellness/index.html

Remember when the student from Thomson Elementary took cocaine to school?
The parents claimed that CPS could not hold them due to the fact that they had lied on the enrollment forms and were not DC residents!

This has gotten deleted a few times - I hope Jeff leaves it up! I will bet anything that the kids thought they were eating candy or cookies. The “gifting” shops all over DC sell edibles packaged like candy. Parents should get together to demand reform.

7-9 kids... did a kid think they found a bag of candy and sneak it into school?

or did a parent pack the wrong thing for a birthday celebration or something?

https://twitter.com/alanhenney/status/1643680423254573056

Wonder if they even knew what they were? Many are packaged like candy, cookies or snack bars. Such young kids, hope they feel better soon. Parents of kid who brought them need to learn to be more careful.