A Virginia woman was arrested and charged with felony murder and child neglect charges after her 4-year-old son died from eating marijuana-infused gummies.
Investigators said Dorothy Annette Clements, of Spotsylvania County, didn’t get help soon enough for her son, Tanner Clements, when he was found unresponsive on May 6 at a home they were both visiting. The boy died two days later.
The mother told police that her son ate half of a CBD gummy and that she called poison control and was assured that he’d be OK, according to search warrant documents.
But the detective said she found an empty THC gummy jar in the house and toxicology results showed Tanner Clements had extremely high levels of THC in his system, local station NBC-4 reported, citing court documents.
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An autopsy found that THC, the active ingredient in marijuana that gets people high, caused the boy’s death.
Investigators said he might have survived had Dorothy Annette Clements gotten help for him sooner.
Poison Control says that younger children, especially those under 10, who are exposed to cannabis edibles are more likely to require hospital admission and respiratory support than older children.
