Legal Pot Causing Homelessness in Colorado

I live in Colorado, and have followed this issue fairly closely. The most shameful thing about legalized pot is how it is sold in forms of candy, cookies, etc... the rate of overdoses in children seen in Children's Hospital is growing and horrible, and the number of deaths that occur is also growing ... since it 'makes money' in the way of taxes, politicians are lax to put stricter regulations on it.
 

I think they're going to put much stricter labeling and dosing on the edibles Bettyann. Shame on the parents who let their children have access to any drugs or alcohol, especially something that looks like candy and cookies. Even the adults are overdosing on these edibles due to the high quality of the cannabis, and the high doses in each item. No excuse for the adults though, they have to be smart about what they ingest and learn the side effects and what to watch out for. The candies should be put in child-proof bottles, just like other prescription medicines, IMO.
 
Bettyann said:
I live in Colorado, and have followed this issue fairly closely. The most shameful thing about legalized pot is how it is sold in forms of candy, cookies, etc... the rate of overdoses in children seen in Children's Hospital is growing and horrible, and the number of deaths that occur is also growing ... since it 'makes money' in the way of taxes, politicians are lax to put stricter regulations on it.
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This is a lot like blaming alcohol or a firearm for a misadventure.

These kids, first of all, should not be having access to medicinal edibles ("medibles") in the first place, so let's put the blame where it belongs - on the parents. Who lets their toddler (the majority of these cases) into their stash?

14 cases in two years ... I would expect that of those, most that were put on ventilators were because of panic symptoms. An OD on a medible is usually an energetic high followed by a lengthy "crash", which is where the panic sets in in inexperienced users (read=children).

Of the deaths - the only two that I am aware of were a 19-year-old student who jumped off a balcony after ingesting 65mg of THC in a cookie, and a 47-year-old man who shot his wife after eating some medible candy. I find no citations for infants or children dying.
 

Bonnie said:
Of course! ..:D . . only Texas would have this dilemma ..
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As soon as I read your post I flashed back to watching the old Untouchables show, with Elliot Ness breaking all the bottles of booze.

A little while later, of course, Prohibition was lifted. :rolleyes:

I will say this, though - I ran the numbers for their claim and they actually seemed correct - it worked out to about $1,800/plant. Of course, that's for a fully-grown plant, and they were talking about finding seedlings in Styrofoam cups, so there still was probably some fudging on the total worth of the haul. :D
 
Bonnie said:
The story is almost comical, huh?
People around here are yelling to sell it to Colorado, but apparently that's against the law. ?
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Yeah, I don't think they could swing that. Beside it being illegal to sell in TX, it isn't the carefully-cultivated-and-approved type of weed they use in CO.

Shame, though, huh? That money would buy a LOT of bullets! ;)
 
Bettyann said:
I live in Colorado, and have followed this issue fairly closely. The most shameful thing about legalized pot is how it is sold in forms of candy, cookies, etc... the rate of overdoses in children seen in Children's Hospital is growing and horrible, and the number of deaths that occur is also growing ... since it 'makes money' in the way of taxes, politicians are lax to put stricter regulations on it.
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Oh wow, had no idea BettyAnn, guess I am undereducated about it being not just legal, but also the selling of it forms kids can buy?? I'll take a closer look for sure, denise
 

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