North Texas hospitals say they’re seeing a rise in children with marijuana ingestion.
Calls to the North Texas Poison Center regarding children exposed to cannabis rose more than 1,000% from 2019 to 2023.
And staff at Cook Children’s Medical Center say even they’ve felt that impact.
Data from their Fort Worth location shows 50 patients between ages 0-3 whose urine tested positive for THC. Another eight patients in the same age group at their Prosper location also had positive screenings last year.
Here are the yearly totals for THC-positive urine screenings in patients ages three and younger at the Fort Worth ED in recent years:
2019: 8
2020: 13
2021: 29
2022: 33
2023: 58
Cook children’s says no amount of marijuana is safe for children.
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