Accidental consumption of edibles is becoming more common, a Florida doctor warned parents. In a video shared on TikTok, Dr. Meghan Martin told a story about a family that was visiting from out of town and staying in an Airbnb in Florida.
The family has four kids, the doctor explains, and two of the kids were left at the Airbnb while the rest of the family went shopping. The 17-year-old older brother was responsible for watching his 4-year-old brother while the family was out, but when the parents returned, they found that their youngest son was "out cold."
Dr. Martin explained that the older brother gave his younger brother a hamburger and chocolate bar then helped him get ready for a nap. But when the family got back to the Airbnb, they couldn't get the 4-year-old to wake up. The family took the child to the emergency room. Dr. Martin suspected that the boy's inability to wake up might've been caused by an edible.
The doctor said she decided to pull the teenager aside and ask him if drugs were involved, but he assured her that they were not. Test results later revealed that the 4-year-old child had ingested THC. The family was confused because they don't use THC products at all, but the doctor asked them about the chocolate bar the child had had earlier that day. The chocolate bar was one the child found at the Airbnb. It also happened to contain THC. Based on the amount of THC in the chocolate and the amount of chocolate the child ate, Dr. Martin said he was “sufficiently wasted. Totally stoned.”
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Dr. Martin noted that the whole incident was 100% accidental (the family could not speak or read English and had no idea that the chocolate contained THC). But Dr. Martin also warned parents that the risk exists for all families and children because of how common candies with THC are now. "The prevalence of these edible candies puts younger kids at really significant risk that they may accidentally ingest it," she concluded.
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