Police officers in Longmont are investigating how a toddler became marijuana positive on her blood test in the hospital after her mother noticed that the child suddenly became weak.
Evelyn Hernandez is only two years old and yet, she is already tested positive for marijuana. Her mother said she has no idea how her daughter got exposed with the drug which is now considered as legal for medical use in Colorado.
Aida, mother of Evelyn, recalled seeing her daughter eating a part of a cookie which she found lying on the ground's grassy part outside their apartment.
"It was brown, like a chocolate chip cookie," Hernandez shared to CBS News.
She immediately took the cookie away from Evelyn. After half an hour, she somehow noticed that there was something wrong.
Aida saw her daughter opening and closing her eyes during sleep and showed difficulty in walking. She seemed very weak. She immediately brought her daughter to the hospital where she was found her to be positive for THC, the active ingredient in the drug, during a blood test.
While the police in Longmont believe in the mother, they are pursuing with the investigation of the case. They decided to search the home for possible signs of marijuana use but didn't find anything.
Aida also agreed to take a blood test herself. She felt frustrated with the fact that since the drug has become legal, it is now found everywhere.
"It's everywhere now that it's legal they have it everywhere," said Hernandez to CBS News.
The Smart Colorado group believes that edible marijuana products lack regulations and fear that more of them will land in the hands of innocent children. According To TIME, between October 2009 and December 2011, 14 of 588 children showed signs of marijuana exposure. Eight of these cases involve medical marijuana while seven involve food that contains the drug.
A bill is now passed in Colorado regulating marijuana in edible marijuana products by requiring a child-resistant packaging system through proper wording or labeling.
