Are medical marijuana edibles posing a risk to Oklahoma’s children?

Are medical marijuana edibles posing a risk to Oklahoma’s children?An Oklahoma legislator thinks so, which is why state Rep. Cyndi Roe held an interim study on the topic on Monday morning at the state Capitol. State officials said they’ve seen an uptick in children getting into their parent’s edibles.The term being used was “accidental ingest.” The word from officials is that the increase is leading to cases of it at least once a week.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.”We’re seeing these young children accidentally getting into product and ending up either lethargic and parents don’t understand what’s going on or maybe perhaps having trouble breathing. There have been a whole host of issues, and they end up at the hospital,” said Annette Jacobi with the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.Jacobi spoke before state lawmakers on Monday morning, telling the House Committee on Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances that the number of children being admitted to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles has been on the rise.”At first, you see one like every few months. There’s not a week that goes by that I don’t get one of these reports, and sometimes multiple,” Roe said.Roe, who led the study, argued that plain packaging may be the way to go.>> Download the KOCO 5 app”In seeing some of the packaging pictures that were displayed in the study today, one of them, for instance, looked like a package of candy. It was called Nerds something, which is a name of a popular candy that a lot of kids will get and consume,” Jacobi said.To her, plain packaging could be as basic as a muted color with only a brand name and product name on the label.”I do think that there may be some pushback, but you know, I think that if we all work together on it and come up with a practical solution that would solve the intent that we’re trying to do here, then I think we could probably make it work,” Roe said.Roe isn’t sure if she’ll file a bill on plain packaging for the upcoming session but expects it could be included in other legislation that is already in the works.Top HeadlinesOwners look for places to put employees after fire at OKC breakfast spotWatch: Videos you may have missed this weekLarge police presence amid reported suspect search in Mustang neighborhoodMan in critical condition after shooting at Tulsa event centerClemency hearing scheduled for death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who claims he killed 2 men in self-defense