As of this week, marijuana-infused gummy bears can no longer be sold in Colorado.  On October 1, a law banned marijuana treats in the shape of animal, people or otherwise designed to appeal to children. Smart Colorado, a non-profit group, worked diligently to pass child protection laws.

As Colorado tightens restrictions on the sale of marijuana edibles, the problems with pot candies have reached other states.   Children all around the country have accidentally eaten pot-infused sweets and turned up in hospital emergency rooms.

Other states have pot gummy bears, too

Family Council, a group in Arkansas, published this information.

• August, 2017: A baby in Wisconsin ate part of a marijuana-infused cookie which allegedly belonged to the child’s babysitter and had to be hospitalized.
• August, 2017: A 10-month-old baby in Indiana was hospitalized after eating a gummy bear laced with THC, the cannabinoid in marijuana which produces a high.
• July, 2017:  Two children in Florida ate gummy candies laced with marijuana.  The 3-year-old and 5-year-old reportedly felt sick and faded in and out of consciousness.  A 20-year-old woman who lived in the same house left the candies open, within reach of the children.
• June, 2017: A Rhode Island toddler nearly died from overdosing on “medical” marijuana edibles which allegedly belonged to her grandfather.
• May, 2017: Two children in Utah were hospitalized after mistakenly eating a cookie laced with marijuana.
• May, 2017: A ten-year-old in New York was reportedly hospitalized after accidentally eating candy infused with marijuana.  The boy’s father bought the candy as “medical marijuana.”
• March, 2017:  A two-year-old suffering from lethargy was taken to the hospital in Nebraska, where she tested positive for THC.  The child’s daycare provider reportedly admitted to serving the child cookies that were baked in a pan previously used to bake marijuana brownies.
• March, 2017: A five-year-old in Ohio ate a gummy bear laced with THC and later went to the hospital. The child reportedly found the gummy bear in a dresser drawer and mistook it for ordinary candy.