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A FINE Gael TD has claimed that children in his constituency are eating gummy bears and chocolate mixed with cannabis.
Ublin Mid-West MP Emer Higgins said parents in her constituency have been contacting her about a “dangerous new trend” in which children are using edible cannabis.
This problem was also identified by the Clondalkin Drug Task Force, which has detected packaging in local parks in recent weeks.
During a debate in Dáil on the national drug strategy, Ms Higgins said that young people “were attracted to gummy bears and chocolate mixed with cannabis” as they avoided the “bad taste of tobacco”.
“This is problematic for several reasons. First, the sugary taste of sweets and chocolate is clearly more attractive to children who may never experiment with cannabis if they are forced to smoke it, ”he explained.
“Second, it takes people much longer to feel the impact of using cannabis. While the impact of smoking is immediate, the impact of eating cannabis is not felt for up to an hour.
“Teenagers eat a square of cannabis chocolate, feel no shock, and then eat the rest of the bar. As a result, they accidentally consume dangerous amounts of the drug in excess. When the effects are felt, the teenager has already finished his head. “.
He stated that there was no antidote to using cannabis and that its effects were longer lasting than smoking the drug and more harmful to people’s health.
“The effects of edible cannabis last much longer than smoked cannabis, up to twelve hours. If cannabis causes psychosis or hallucinations, this will be hell for the teenager, “he said.
“This is why edible cannabis brings a disproportionate number of people to hospitals.”
Higgins cited a study from a hospital in Colorado that showed edible cannabis only accounts for 1% of cannabis sales, but accounts for 11% of cannabis-related hospital admissions.
He called on the Minister of State for Drug Strategy, Frank Feighan, to sensitize young people about the dangers of edible cannabis.
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