Children's Hospital Colorado saw 14 children come into the emergency room after ingesting cannabis candy in the two years following medical marijuana legalization in the state, reports the Denver Post.
Studies of ER charts by Colorado doctors show looser pot laws leading to childhood ingestion, often from mistakenly eating tempting "edibles" like marijuana-infused gummy worms or brownies. Those doctors are now calling for mandatory safety packaging as Colorado plans for even broader pot legality with recreational-marijuana stores.