Study shows sharp increase in rate of unintentional ingestions of recreational drugs among young children since 2000

A new study reveals that unintentional ingestions of recreational drugs by young children have increased dramatically in the past 25 years. Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Central Ohio Poison Center analyzed calls to U.S. poison centers and found that the recreational drug ingestion rate per 100,000 U.S. children younger than 6 increased 3,307% from 2000 to 2024, with a rapid increase beginning in 2013.

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