Healthcare Triage: Kids Should Stay Away from Pot Edibles. And They Mostly Do.

Just recently, a number of outlets, including the Washington Post, reported on a study about the alarming rise in children who were exposed to parents’ pot edibles. You likely saw a news story on this somewhere or other.

But, as always, it’s important to view these things in context. We’re going to go that, today on Healthcare Triage News:

For those of you who want to read more, here you go:

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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