Potential Effects of Edible Marijuana

With the legalization of marijuana, the plant has seemingly grown more popular than ever. While many people think that the plant isn’t very potent, but when tried in forms other than smoking it can have more extreme consequences.

Recently, there have been a few cases of edible marijuana such as in brownies with serious health side effects. One of the most talked about incidents included a father who ate “special” brownies made by his daughter that resulted in a frantic mess.

The father ate one brownie laced with marijuana and was convinced he was experiencing a stroke. In his confusion and stress, he called 911 which resulted in firefighters and policemen responding to the scene. Later, his daughter admitted that she had added an extra ingredient to the brownies but the father ended up in good health.

While this case had an almost humorous ending, there have been two very public deaths linked with an overconsumption of edible marijuana products. The deaths were fairly similar as one was a 22-year-old man on a ski vacation that committed suicide and the other was a college student on spring break that jumped off of a balcony.

Here in Texas while marijuana may not be legal, it is still widely used in places like high schools and colleges. Since it isn’t allowed here, there is less education on how to safely use the drug for medicinal as well as recreational purposes so incidents like this will most likely be repeated.

While there are warning labels on edible products in Colorado, I don’t think it is enough to prevent these events from happening again.

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