Salt Lake Tribune · Mar 26, 2019
Marijuana ER visits climb in Denver hospital study
FILE - In this June 21, 2018, file photo, a laboratory manager holds a cannabis sample in Oakland, Calif. Five years after Colorado first legalized marijuana, a new study shows pot’s bad effects are sending more people to the emergency room. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Five years after Colorado first legalized marijuana, a new study shows pot’s bad effects are sending more people to the emergency room.
Inhaled marijuana caused the most severe problems at one large Denver area hospital. Marijuana-infused foods and candies, called edibles, also led to trouble. Patients came to the ER with symptoms such as repeated vomiting, racing hearts and psychotic episodes.