Protecting kids from pot

Cannabis-infused brownies, suckers, and gummy bears at Colorado’s growing number of marijuana dispensaries must now come in child-proof packaging, thanks largely to the efforts of two University of Colorado researchers.
In May, pediatrician George Wang, an instructor at Children’s Hospital Colorado and the CU School of Medicine, published a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, showing a concerning increase in the number of children under age 12 unintentionally eating pot.

Before Sept. 30, 2009, zero kids were treated in the emergency room at Children’s for unintentional marijuana ingestion. Between October 1, 2009 — when the…