Cannabis report: The case for legalisation must take into account its potential harms

From a senior garda's warning about edibles to medics highlighting addiction and impaired cognitive function amid surging potency — marijuana may not be as benign as it seems

There have been reports of children or teenagers in Ireland being hospitalised after eating cannabis-infused gummy sweets. Stock picture

When is a gummy bear not a gummy bear? When it is a cannabis edible packaged to look like a bag of harmless sweets.

That is the warning from gardaí amid concern about an increase in products containing THC, known as cannabis edibles.