Sunday, 5 January 2014

A 2-Year-Old in Colorado Tests Positive For Marijuana

Longmont, Colo., has tested positive for THC, the active
ingredient in marijuana, just days after the drug became
legal in the state.

The mother of 2-year-old Evelyn, Aida Hernandez, thinks
that her daughter may have eaten part of a pot cookie she
stumbled across in the grass outside of their apartment.
"It was brown, like a chocolate chip cookie," Hernandez
said.

About a half an hour after she confiscated the cookie,
Hernandez noticed that something was wrong with Evelyn.
"She was asleep, she was opening and closing her eyes and
she couldn't walk really well. She was weak," Hernandez
said.

Doctors at the hospital tested the youngster for THC and it
came back positive.

"They do a blood test and that's when they told me. That
was a surprise," Hernandez said. "It's everywhere now that
it's legal they have it everywhere."

A police search of Hernandez' home came back clean for
marijuana and officers say they believe the mother's claim
that she doesn't use the now-legal drug.

"All of the parents watch out for their children. I don't want
other children getting what she got," said Amira,
Hernandez' oldest daughter.

A search for the missing cookie came up empty.

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