Calls to the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre on the cusp of cannabis

PowerPoint Presentation Calls to the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre on the cusp of cannabis legalization Tissa Rahim June 12, 2019 Background • Cannabis legalized October 17, 2018 sale of cannabis became legal sale of edible cannabis products remained illegal • US poison centres reported increased numbers of calls especially children consuming edible products • We queried. [...] Manage case: poison poi•soRne finefro specialist records call centre info•rmMatnioange i na tc ahlol mdaet abase health care • Provide information providers case history notes coded fields Call records at BC DPIC Identification of cannabis exposure calls, 2013 – 2018 Call records at BC DPIC Coded as cannabis Not coded as cannabis but evidence via a free text search Included if evidence of cannabis. [...] Only evidence of cannabis was a toxicology screen 3. [...] Outside BC Fields accessed, created and analyzed Fields assessed for data quality and retained as is Patient flow (case Age Substance management site) Hospital flow (management of Unit of age Substance formulation cases referred to hospital) Unknown age notes Substance quantity Outcome Sex Substance quantity unit Exposure site Exposure date Therapy Caller type Call date Treatment Reason for exposu. [...] Decreased What smoked products were used? Increased % 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Joint/roach 14 13 18 11 12 12 “Second-hand” 7 6 6 4 2 0 Vape 0 0 0 1 0 3 Bong/pipe 5 3 4 2 3 5 Synthetic 0 1 0 0 0 1 Shatter/dab 0 3 4 3 4 4 Popper 0 0 0 1 1 1 Hot-knife 0 0 0 1 1 0 Unspecified 75 74 67 78 79 74 What smoked products did teens 13-18 years old use, 2013-2018? Decreased What edibles were used? Increas.