{"id":20597,"date":"2021-08-17T18:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/?p=20597"},"modified":"2021-08-17T19:55:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T19:55:27","slug":"whats-in-that-gummy-bear-could-be-hazardous-to-your-kids-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/backtoschool_cbd_warning\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in that gummy bear could be hazardous to your kid\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9 avia-video-html5  '   itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CBD-Back-to-School-PSA.mp4' ><video class='avia_video'    preload=\"auto\"  controls id='player_20597_982828636_581366908'><source src=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CBD-Back-to-School-PSA.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">As summer ends and we transition to a new school year, children\u2019s health and safety are top of mind. As a partner in the\u00a0<a class=\"_2qJYG _2E8wo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.4safecbd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u class=\"sDZYg\">Consumers For Safe CBD<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0campaign, NCL is taking part in important public service education, reminding parents and guardians to take extra precautions when shopping for back-to-school snacks and to be wary of CBD products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-90sj8\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">CBD-infused foods and candies are often packaged and marketed to appeal to children, but buyer beware \u2013 there are a number of harmful ingredients that could be in a seemingly harmless\u00a0<a class=\"_2qJYG _2E8wo\" href=\"https:\/\/a5886ef1-f7f6-40a2-9ea5-904ab1ef7eeb.filesusr.com\/ugd\/b11210_8119f757b3bb4f6fbba6e34dba1eb354.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u class=\"sDZYg\">gummy bear<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. Parents, teachers, guardians, and loved ones should know that\u00a0<strong>none<\/strong>\u00a0of the non-prescription CBD products on the market today \u2013 and the false medical claims often used to market these to consumers \u2013 have been tested or approved by the FDA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-7teg2\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Put simply, CBD products are potentially very dangerous, especially when it comes to children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"viewer-buema\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">Recent reports from across the country demonstrate the seriousness of these risks, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-ul\">\n<li id=\"viewer-e4skj\" class=\"_1atvN _2TTR5 _1BJwx public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr public-DraftStyleDefault-reset _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">Poison centers in the U.S. have seen an\u00a0<a class=\"_2qJYG _2E8wo\" href=\"https:\/\/aapcc.org\/CBD-Alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u class=\"sDZYg\">increase<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in CBD-related cases, reporting more than 2,000 in 2021 so far \u2013 significantly higher than the total amount of CBD-related cases in 2020 and up from only 3 cases in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-fvp0s\" class=\"_1atvN _2TTR5 _1BJwx public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">A hospital in Tennessee recently\u00a0<a class=\"_2qJYG _2E8wo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/story\/news\/health\/2021\/06\/29\/cbd-gummies-children-risk\/7785215002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u class=\"sDZYg\">warned<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0parents of the \u201calteration in behavior\u201d and other symptoms following a number of cases where children under the age of 5 were treated for CBD ingestion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-br72e\" class=\"_1atvN _2TTR5 _1BJwx public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">In May, a 3-year-old was\u00a0<a class=\"_2qJYG _2E8wo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ketv.com\/article\/omaha-police-3-year-old-hospitalized-after-getting-into-thc-gummies\/36365122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u class=\"sDZYg\">rushed<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to the hospital in Omaha after getting sick from eating his Mother\u2019s CBD gummies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"viewer-brgkl\" class=\"_1atvN _2TTR5 _1BJwx public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-list-ltr _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">\n<p class=\"_208Ie _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN\">An emergency center in upstate New York\u00a0<a class=\"_2qJYG _2E8wo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/story\/news\/2021\/06\/02\/ny-poison-center-more-kids-ingesting-marijuana-especially-edibles\/7503234002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u class=\"sDZYg\">reported<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0an average of 2 to 4 calls annually for a 5 year period about children under the age of 6 ingesting marijuana. Those numbers have increased \u2013 up to 55 in 2020, and 43 for the first 5 months of this year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"viewer-fmdcm\" class=\"XzvDs _208Ie _1atvN _2QAo- _25MYV _2WrB- _1atvN public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"><span class=\"vkIF2 public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\">To learn more about our concerns with unregulated, untested CBD products, visit our campaign:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4safecbd.org\/\">Consumers for Safe CBD<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBD-infused foods and candies are often packaged and marketed to appeal to children, but buyer beware \u2013 there are a number of harmful ingredients that could be in a seemingly harmless gummy bear. Parents, teachers, guardians, and loved ones should know that none of the non-prescription CBD products on the market today \u2013 and the false medical claims often used to market these to consumers \u2013 have been tested or approved by the FDA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[293,416,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20597"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20608,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20597\/revisions\/20608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}