Toxicologist Vincent Calleo, MD, is the medical director of the Upstate New York Poison Center.
Poison Center urges precaution about marijuana edibles, with spike in number of kids affected
A spike in calls about children and teens eating marijuana edibles leads Upstate toxicologist Vincent Calleo, MD, to urge parents to treat these products as they would medications and keep them away from children. The Upstate New York Poison Center has been dealing with a sudden rise in calls about about kids ingesting cannabis-related food products, including gummies and other candies. Calleo, medical director of the poison center, explains why the edibles can be dangerous and how such cases are treated.
