（来源：CGTN）

转自：CGTN

【你不知道的美国：甜蜜陷阱 美国大麻“糖果”背后的儿童健康危机】随着大麻合法化与商业化席卷美国，大麻产品的获取门槛大幅降低。色彩鲜艳如糖果的大麻产品背后，隐藏着公共健康危机，儿童和青少年误食大麻产品中毒案例在不断增加。根据美国毒物控制中心的数据，儿童大麻中毒的报告从 2009 年的 930 例飙升至 2024 年的 22000 多例，2024年所有大麻中毒事件中超过 75% 案件涉及未成年人。CGTN采访了纽约州花园市家庭与儿童协会（FCA）会长兼首席执行官杰弗里·雷诺兹博士。"我们正在目睹一场'四氢大麻酚军备竞赛'。"雷诺兹表示。他指出许多大麻产品被刻意设计成软糖、饼干的模样，用荧光色包装吸引眼球，这直接导致儿童误食送急诊的案例激增。更深远的危害在于大麻产品损害青少年大脑发育。在12至16岁这个关键期接触大麻，会造成儿童学习能力下降、智商永久性损伤，使他们丧失自然应对压力与调整情绪的能力。雷诺兹博士呼吁美国政府应该尽早介入，开展与大麻产品有关的公共卫生宣传活动，同时生产大麻产品的公司、社区和家长也应该共同努力保护儿童免受大麻的伤害。Cannabis is now legal in 40 of 50 U.S. states for medical use, with recreational use legalized in 24 states. This has created a market for marijuana edibles, making gummies, chocolates and beverages more readily available to consumers, including minors. Reports of cannabis poisoning among children soared from 930 in 2009 to more than 22,000 in 2024 – and more than 75 percent of all cannabis poisonings involved children and teens in 2024, according to America's Poison Centers.Why are cannabis edible poisonings trending? Legalization has brought normalization, making THC products available in homes where edibles are easily mistaken for popular candies, making accidental ingestion common in children and adolescents."We're involved in a THC arms race now," Jeffery L. Reynolds, president and CEO of the Family and Children's Association (FCA), based in Garden City, New York, told CGTN in an interview.Reynolds pointed out that many cannabis products are deliberately designed to look like mainstream snacks, wrapped in eye-catching, often fluorescent packaging. This has fueled a sharp increase in cases of children inadvertently eating them and ending up in the emergency room.However, the more far-reaching harm lies in the developing brains of teenagers. Exposure to cannabis during the critical period of ages 12 to 16 can lead to a decline in learning ability, cause permanent IQ damage, and impair their natural ability to cope with stress and emotions.Reynolds called on the U.S. government to urgently intervene by educating the public about the risks associated with cannabis products. He also emphasized that cannabis product companies, communities and parents should work together to protect children from the harm of cannabis.