PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 5 May 1983, pp. 848-850
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Intoxication from Accidental Marijuana Ingestion

DIANA WEINBERG MD1, ARTHUR LANDE MD1, NANCY HILTON MD1, and DAVID L. KERNS MD1

1 Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California, Oakland

The increasing availability and use of marijuana in children, adolescents, and adults have been well documented in recent years. Adverse reactions have been described in adults who absorb the drug via inhalation or by oral and intravenous routes.1-5 To our knowledge, no cases of oral intoxication in very young children have been reported in the pediatric literature. We describe the adverse effects experienced by three children after an accidental oral ingestion of marijuana.

CASE REPORTS

Case 1

J.H., a 3-year-old previously healthy, white girl, was noted by her baby-sitter to be behaving abnormally a short time after lunch. Approximately two hours later, her mother observed the child to have an ataxic gait and a voracious appetite.