An 8-year-old Oregon boy spent five hours in the hospital after eating a marijuana cookie.
Jessica Hart said her son, Jackson, didn't feel well after an outing at a rock quarry near Klamath Falls, Oregon, on Saturday. He had found a cookie in a wrapper on the ground and ate it.
"I felt like I was vibrating up and down," said Jackson. "And that everything wasn't real."
Jessica said Jackson was clearly not right.
"My son said he wasn't feeling very well and just started pulling at his face," said Hart.
She took him to the hospital, where he was treated for marijuana poisoning.
The case backs up new numbers that show marijuana poisonings in children are on the rise in Washington state,
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This comes on the heels of a new report from the Washington Poison Center showing the number of child poisonings from pot is on the rise in Washington.
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The 2015 report shows the number of marijuana poisonings has double since pot became legal in Washington in 2013. Of the 272 marijuana calls in 2015, 46 percent were for people under age 19. The majority of the calls (24 percent) were for kids ages 13 to 19.
Pot edibles come in all different forms including liquids, cookies and candy, and they vary in potency.
The most common symptoms reported to the poison center are drowsiness, lethargy and an abnormally fast heart rate. The poison center stresses to keep them away from kids.
If you think you or someone you know was poisoned you can call the Washington Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222
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