It’s Not Either Or — Many Drivers are Both Stoned and Drunk
Read Part 1 For Ansley Rayborn, 14, it was a fatal decision to go into the car with another teenager who had been drinking and smoking pot. Ansley was a freshman at Chiles High School in Florida. She was spending the night at a friend’s house when the two girls met up with other kids. The 15-year-old driver was stoned, drunk and only had a learner’s permit. Ansley died while the driver and three other teens escaped from the crash with minor injuries. Continue reading Stoned and Drunk is a Deadly Combination →
Earlier this year, an elementary school in Seattle had an incident of a child bringing edible marijuana to the lunchroom . So far this year, 14 children in the state of Washington were poisoned by marijuana edibles , according to an article in the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The count of 14 is equal to the number of children taken in for marijuana poisonings in the state of Colorado last year . In Colorado, there have been three deaths attributed to marijuana edibles. In one case, a man shot his wife after eating a candy. Her 911 call revealed that he had eaten the candy and he wanted her to shoot him.
The CDC issued a report on the death of Levy Thamba Pongi Continue reading New Concerns About Marijuana Edibles →
Bursting the Bubble of Marijuana Hype
