Grandma gave 3-year-old grandson pot cookie

[ccharles000]

DENVER: A Denver grandmother who recently took her own life was under investigation for giving her 3-year-old grandson a marijuana cookie.

Family members say 44-year-old Erin Marcove gave the toddler at least one peanut butter cookie made with cannabis butter on Dec. 4. The next day, she had trouble rousing the boy and called an ambulance.

A week later, relatives told KMGH-TV the grandmother took her own life. Marcove was an advocate for medical marijuana and had used the drug for chronic back pain most of her life.

Police seized a jar of cannabis butter at her home, and a police report showed the little boy had the drug in his system when he was taken to the hospital. The toddler has fully recovered.

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/80057362.html

[Mojorabbit]

1. I wonder what the backstory is

Was it an accident that she gave a "loaded" cookie to him and then could not live with herself?

[eilen]

2. Wild conjecture- maybe he was really hyper and wore her out? nt

[hlthe2b]

4. I wondered that too.... Decades ago, giving toddlers a hot toddy

when they were incredibly fussy and inconsolable with a cold, was accepted practice, after all. Such a tragic outcome...

Sad, sad story and one the anti-medical marijauna folks are likely to exploit majorly.

[eilen]

5. Yeah, my grandmother told me to rub whisky on my son's gums when he

was teething. My mom told me about phenobarb-- mothers would put drops in the bottles so babies would sleep while they worked (the good old days lol).

[dysfunctional press]

3. "could not live with herself"...? for what reason?

a pot cookie wouldn't do any actual harm to the child.