Pot tourists wind up in Colorado ERs
By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times
Visitors to Colorado might want to think twice before lighting a joint or biting into a pot brownie, even if it is legal in the Centennial State.
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that out-of-state tourists in Colorado are more likely to end up in the emergency room with symptoms related to marijuana use than local residents.
The authors report that cannabis-using tourists were responsible for 168 out of every 10,000 ER visits in 2014. The ER visits made by pot-using local residents accounted for just 112 out of every 10,000 visits.
Anytime flatlanders imbibe at high altitudes there is a risk of overdose. It happens with booze prbly a lot more frequently than pot at CO ski resorts which tare mostly above 8,000 AMSL. Breck is 9,600′, Aspen is 8,000′, Vail is 8,022′ Keystone is 9,280 feet. Moderation in all things is the key to a long life devoid of emergency room visits!