Anti-marijuana propaganda from the "Wisconsin Poison Control Center"

[kristopher]

Beware of disturbing trend: Candy laced with prescription or illicit drugs
October 21, 2013Meg Lesnick


Marijuana can be hidden in food products.

Wisconsin Poison Center wants parents to be aware of a new trend spreading across Wisconsin that’s all trick and no treat.

Suckers and toffee are being melted down purposely and laced with crushed prescription drugs or powdered illicit drugs. In particular, stimulants such as amphetamines have been discovered in these “treats.”

The intent is to mimic an ordinary candy sucker so it’s hard to detect. Lacing candy with drugs also seems to be the latest way teens and young adults are consuming drugs secretly at parties.

Kids are consuming marijuana accidentally

Similarly, with the recent legalization of recreational marijuana use in some states, more kids are consuming marijuana accidentally because it’s laced in brownies, candy or cookies. Trafficking of marijuana from states where it has been legalized has led to the importation of marijuana into Wisconsin, often hidden in food products. During the past year, Wisconsin Poison Center helped manage at least eight cases of unintentional marijuana ingestion by young children.

It’s not always easy to tell if a child has ingested marijuana, especially if the source is not identified or recognized immediately. Right after ingestion, a child might appear overstimulated, but things may slow down quickly, even to the point of dangerous levels of sedation. (emphasis added - k)

http://blog.chw.org/2013/10/beware-disturbing-trend-candy-laced-prescription-illicit-drugs/

Sometimes I just want to slap the sh&@ out of these ah@(#s.

[RKP5637]

1. Some days I think the US should just be renamed "United Fear." n/t

[PeaceNikki]

2. the Washington county sheriff bought ad space on paper placemats at The Mineshaft in Hartford that

Said marijuana has more carcinogens than cigarettes.

[B Calm]

3. Wondering where the sheriff office got the money for the place mats.

[PeaceNikki]

4. I'm sure it was one of their "charitable" front groups

[B Calm]

5. The drug cartel, or the people who profit by locking people up group?

[Scuba]

7. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

[postulater]

6. They should spend their time on policing

OxyContin. It actually IS a 'gateway' to heroin.

[Scuba]

8. The Mineshaft? Really? Too bad, their food is pretty decent, but they're now scratched off my list.

[PeaceNikki]

9. Yup.

[jmowreader]

11. Did he also find space to put the picture of the only 1.5-oz-per-day smoker?

A lot of cigarette smokers smoke two packs a day. A cigarette contains a gram of tobacco, so two packs is about 1.5 ounces.

A person who smoked that much cannabis in one day wouldn't be able to move. And at today's prices he wouldn't be able to eat either.

[kristopher]

12. They have a comments section at that link.

Let them know what you think (don't forget to try to be polite).

[hootinholler]

10. WTF?

So everything was ok until Wa and Co legalized?



Good to know there wasn't any weed going around before then.

Oh weed doesn't cause dangerous levels of sedation unless you are doing something you need to be awake for.