Overdose of Edible Marijuana by Teens a Growing Concern in USVI; V.I.P.D., D.O.H. and D.O.E. Form Task Force

Dr. Nicole Craigwell-Syms, assistant Dept. of Health commissioner has disclosed that there is growing evidence that young people are abusing cannabis/marijuana edibles, and a VIPD-led task force is being formed to come up with a strategy for this growing public health concern.  She said young people in schools are using the edibles without understanding the side and possible long-term effects of these edibles that look and in some instances taste like candy. “Hence a task force is being pulled together involving the Department of Health, Education, V.I.P.D. to name a few. What has to happen is that we need to face realities and the fact that contraband is not new, contraband was on campus when I was in high school, when parents were in high school — it is a matter of addressing the change and the shift in how it is presented,” she said Monday during the Bryan administration's weekly press briefing. Explaining that edibles are food or drink products that typically contain the chemica...