Health committee  I have a very slight clarification on your first point. With edibles, you do avoid any of the possible pulmonary effects of smoking. There is one concern that I think is a bit greater with edibles, and that is driving. The fact is that with an inhaled product you can quickly re

Health committee  That's right.

Health committee  First, concerning children and edibles, to answer an earlier question, the hospital data is a mix, I think, of causes. One is likely some increased exposure, but there's also very likely an increase in the willingness to admit to exposure or use. Of course, we've mentioned that c

Health committee  I think that varies from state to state. In Colorado, any edibles production falls under the general food inspection that they do for kitchens that produce any products that go on the shelves. They are subject to the food safety inspections. In addition, all marijuana products ar

Health committee  That's correct, yes.

Health committee  In our most recent year of data for both poison centre and emergency department visits, we have had a slight decline. We hope that's related to regulation and public education. We can't be certain what the causes are, but we have seen a slight decrease and hope that continues.

Health committee  We do allow a large amount of home-grow, in particular for medical patients, with an extended plant count. Unfortunately, our data is not able to distinguish whether a poison centre call or an emergency department visit is related to homegrown or store-bought. I would certainly a

Health committee  Yes. We have seen an increase in poison centre calls and emergency department visits related to marijuana following legalization, and even somewhat prior with the commercialization of medical marijuana. In the poison centre calls, we are able to distinguish edible from smokable.

Health committee  Right. Then, of course, among children zero to eight, the majority are edible products.

Health committee  Is it okay to...?

Health committee  No.

Health committee  I agree, yes.

Health committee  Yes, that's correct.

Health committee  That's a very good question, and I don't have a clear answer for you. I think packaging is very important, along with education, to not leave cookies lying outside of a package, as that would obviously be appealing. Not using the type of packaging that a child might want to reall

Health committee  Sure. In Colorado, we see a small portion of marijuana users who use only edibles, but the vast majority smoke. This goes for adolescents, high school students as well, in our surveys there. For the vast majority, their primary mode of use is smoking; we don't see a large portion