As part of its four-part look at the state of legal cannabis, San Diego public media took a look at the rise of ill-fated edibles trips that finish in hospitals.
These victims are tourists, on so many levels.
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- Since legalization, according to the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, emergency room visits for “cannabis poisoning” have gone up by 35% in San Diego County, from 606 in 2016 to 820 in 2018. Across the state, visits have spiked by nearly 49% percent, to just under 8,000.
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- The marvelous website for the Jerry Garcia Cannabis Collection may be a lot lighter on THC deets than on Grateful Dead music, but we are hip to its partnership with Holistic Industries, which has a new, $20 million headquarters in Michigan. So, we’re expecting Uncle Jerry’s stuff to be top shelf.
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