The parents CBS4’s Melissa Garcia spoke with say they’re concerned about their children seeing messages promoting pot all over town. Activists say it’s the way pot is marketed and sold that has started to create some serious problems.(http://i.imgur.com/rrL1ypD.png)
“I never dreamed in a million years that this would happen to my son,” said parent Kendal, who didn’t want to use his last name.
Kendal came home one evening to find his 13-year-old son unconscious from what he says was a marijuana overdose.
He was gray. His heart wasn’t beating and he wasn’t breathing,” he said.
Kendal used CPR to resuscitate him and later talked to his son’s high school peer and supplier.
“I had heard from kids that there was 60 percent of this particular high school using drugs, and she shook her head and said, ‘That’s way low,'” Kendal said.
“Kendal’s story breaks my heart, but I’ve got to tell you we have heard that from hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of parents throughout the state,” said Diane Carlson, Smart Colorado co-founder.
Carlson says Colorado’s child and teen use of marijuana has become an epidemic.
“Kids have no idea how dangerous or harmful Colorado’s pot is,” she said.
According to a report released this month by the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Colorado saw a 29 percent increase in emergency room visits, and a 38 percent increase in hospitalizations during retail marijuana’s first year.
The study states that over 11 percent of Colorado’s 12 to 17 year-olds use pot — 56 percent higher than the national average. It also cites a 40 percent increase in drug-related suspensions and expulsions — the vast majority from marijuana.
Carlson says the culprit is its commercialization.
“Marijuana might have been legalized in our state; it did not have to mean massive commercialization and promotion of marijuana use,” she said.
Kendal came home one evening to find his 13-year-old son unconscious from what he says was a marijuana overdose.:goty
He was gray. His heart wasn’t beating and he wasn’t breathing,” he said.
Kendal used CPR to resuscitate him and later talked to his son’s high school peer and supplier.
QuoteKendal came home one evening to find his 13-year-old son unconscious from what he says was a marijuana overdose.:goty
He was gray. His heart wasn’t beating and he wasn’t breathing,” he said.
Kendal used CPR to resuscitate him and later talked to his son’s high school peer and supplier.
Parent better.I read this as "peanut butter."
Oh and you totally can overdose on marijuana, it won't kill you but it can be pretty not fun lol
He ain't talking overdose like "get out the Narcan or else this man is dead" overdose, AIA. He talking about "what happens when you put a half-gram of CO2 oil in three grilled cheese sandwiches?" "Overdose".
You can overdo it, but not anywhere near as easily as coke or heroin in my personal experience.
Yes, it is practically impossible to consume a lethal amount of marijuana -- but you can have a pretty bad night with extracts :lol
Just thinking about the time I swallowed a frozen chunk of budder because I was too lazy to bake anything still makes me gag.
He ain't talking overdose like "get out the Narcan or else this man is dead" overdose, AIA. He talking about "what happens when you put a half-gram of CO2 oil in three grilled cheese sandwiches?" "Overdose".
You can overdo it, but not anywhere near as easily as coke or heroin in my personal experience.
Edibles? Probably
Smoking it like this kid? No chance in fucking hell and I dont care if he was hitting thunderfuck through a motorized garden hose.
Weed overdose? Fuck off attention seeking shitheads.I don't even have any kids but this. If somebody gets drunk they might get in a fight. If somebody gets high they might ...get a pizza.
I'd rather see my kids high any goddamn day then see them drunk. Real talk.
But in this society everyone gets to bitch. So I guess I'll just reply "cool story bro"
Simply not down with dabs or that big on edibles.
As strong as some strains get, I prefer not being completed fucked moments after I hit something. First dab I took was this fattest looking marble and within the first few minutes I was incoherent and kept getting worse. My friend just straight up puked after his first dab, took a hit sat back for a few minutes, put his head down and just let go :yuck
Oh and you totally can overdose on marijuana, it won't kill you but it can be pretty not fun lolBut of course the whole point is the big difference between "not fun" and "dead," combined with the loaded term "overdose."
Her and I don't really discuss alcohol too much since I don't drink often, but she'd say that it's worse than pot.
Usually I have a beer or two and that's it since drinking heavily, as in college, really messes with me. Worsens depression, no surprise there.
My sister got a DUI this past year and it's been rough dealing with her alcoholism. The fact that it runs in my family is further motivation to avoid it.
GL Swish. Shit's tough, but you gotta keep on trucking.
One of my cousins went from choir singer (literally my uncle owns his own small church) to raging alcoholic in less than a year when he refused to stay medicated, dude dipped out sometime around December in 2012 and we didn't see him till like a year later. Some scary shit to contend with I can't even imagine.
MJ withdrawal can be a bit emotionally trying in my experience, unfortunately. Wish you the best, my man
Her and I don't really discuss alcohol too much since I don't drink often, but she'd say that it's worse than pot.
Usually I have a beer or two and that's it since drinking heavily, as in college, really messes with me. Worsens depression, no surprise there.
My sister got a DUI this past year and it's been rough dealing with her alcoholism. The fact that it runs in my family is further motivation to avoid it.
Since I have anxiety disorder I have to really limit how baked I get. Normally 2-3 hits of average-strength weed is enough for me. If I ever tried to dab, I'd probably spend the next 4-6 hours convinced I was having a heart attack.
Her and I don't really discuss alcohol too much since I don't drink often, but she'd say that it's worse than pot.
Usually I have a beer or two and that's it since drinking heavily, as in college, really messes with me. Worsens depression, no surprise there.
My sister got a DUI this past year and it's been rough dealing with her alcoholism. The fact that it runs in my family is further motivation to avoid it.
I might come off as a dick here, but if you've got a car mechanic, and you know the car mechanic would tell you to fix your brakes if he knew they were shot, just avoiding mention of the brakes won't make the car any safer.
Her and I don't really discuss alcohol too much since I don't drink often, but she'd say that it's worse than pot.
Usually I have a beer or two and that's it since drinking heavily, as in college, really messes with me. Worsens depression, no surprise there.
My sister got a DUI this past year and it's been rough dealing with her alcoholism. The fact that it runs in my family is further motivation to avoid it.
I might come off as a dick here, but if you've got a car mechanic, and you know the car mechanic would tell you to fix your brakes if he knew they were shot, just avoiding mention of the brakes won't make the car any safer.
The Drug Enforcement Administration spent $960,000 to destroy marijuana plants in that state in 2014 as part of its "Cannabis Eradication Program," according to a recent report by NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Ore.When will this war on our children end? We'll have drug epidemics of 10-15% of teenagers using pot everywhere at this rate.
That year, the DEA succeeded in removing 16,067 pot plants from Oregon, which at first blush sounds like a lot of weed. But when you do the math, that works out to a cost to taxpayers of $60 per uprooted plant. That is a lot when you consider that nationally, it costs the DEA *ahem* $4.20 to eliminate a single marijuana plant under this program.
The DEA has budgeted $760,000 in marijuana eradication funds for Oregon this year, according to KGW. Considering that marijuana is now legal in that state, many Oregonians — including some members of Congress — are questioning whether that's a sensible endeavor. They are trying to defund the federal anti-pot program that costs about $18 million a year overall.
Your vocabulary always impresses, and then some days I see it is rife with additional meaning which usually makes me fret.
That's something that deters me from entering therapy -- I know I would do a terrible job examining and expressing myself and consequently make a therapists job excessively difficult. Actually same deal with a medical physician, as a special fellow I have weird sensory functions and don't feel I'm reliable to report things like pain accurately.
discussing yourself as if it's a third person not in the room :aah