San Diego hospital seeing an alarming number of children 5 and under with cannabis poisoning
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San Diego County's only children's hospital reports that it continues to see elevated numbers of young patients arriving in its emergency department with cannabis poisoning, echoing findings from a new analysis released last week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Natalie Laub, a pediatrician and cannabis researcher at Rady Children's Hospital, said the situation has been most dramatic for children age 5 and younger. "We were seeing about 20 kids per year, with the average age being 3 years old," Laub said.