‘Free Lockboxes Provide Safe Storage for Cannabis, Medication and Firearms,’ Says DHHS
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services Healthy Communities Division of Public Health:
After a group of third graders at a local school inadvertently ate cannabis gummies last month, Public Health officials are reminding adults to help keep children safe from cannabis exposure and overdose by making sure it is inaccessible. A lockbox is recommended and available for free through Public Health.
Cannabis edibles can look like candy and other foods that appeal to children, but even a little piece of a cannabis edible can make a child very sick. Warning signs can include trouble walking or sitting up, loss of coordination, trouble breathing, nausea and vomiting, rapid heart rate and difficulty staying awake.
Take the following steps to help keep children safe:
1) Keep cannabis edibles and all cannabis products locked up where children and pets cannot reach them.
2) Talk to children about cannabis edibles and that they can make them very sick and remind your child not to share food at school.
3) If a child has consumed cannabis edibles, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222. If a child is showing symptoms of having consumed cannabis products, call 9-1-1 or contact your medical provider for help right away.
4) In addition to cannabis, make sure other items such as alcohol, medications and firearms, are stored safely as well.
The Keep It Safe Lockbox Program provides free lockboxes to community residents who need them. The lockboxes can safely store cannabis, medications, firearms or other items that might be used to cause overdose, injury or suicide.
For a free lockbox or for more information, contact the Substance Use Prevention Program of the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services Healthy Communities Division of Public Health at 707-268-2132, stop by the Community Wellness Center at 908 Seventh St. in Eureka or email mailto:[email protected].
After a group of third graders at a local school inadvertently ate cannabis gummies last month, Public Health officials are reminding adults to help keep children safe from cannabis exposure and overdose by making sure it is inaccessible. A lockbox is recommended and available for free through Public Health.
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If you can afford to get stoned, buy a gun, buy alcohol you can get your own lock box. Tax payer Festus is sick and tired of propping up all the losers.
I’d suggest to pull your funding.
this is actually a set up, I think.
if you disclose you are on psych meds, or using cannabis (1 in 10 risk of detrimental psychosis) and that you have guns, you go to the top of the red flag list.
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Uh the same argument can be made for the anti abortion folks.
Uhhhh….what about the tiny little folk being murdered? When do they get to chime in on this discussion?
Exactly
They aren’t free.
They are paid for with tax dollars from working people.
At least it’s something positive? Most of our taxes go straight into the war machine.
More tax money goes to SSI than to the military.
Good
Supplemental Security Income Program
The SSI annual appropriation was $60.1 billion in FY 2021. The estimated FY 2022 appropriation is also $60.1 billion, reflecting the annualized level provided by the Further Additional Continuing Resolution, 2022 (P.L. 117-86). We have the authority to carry over unobligated balances for use in future fiscal years for Federal benefit paymentsadministrative expenses, and beneficiary services because the amounts appropriated are made available until expended. We carried over approximately $4.6 billion in Federal unobligated balances into FY 2022. We expect to carry over approximately $2.1 billion into FY 2023.
https://www.ssa.gov/budget/FY23Files/2023SSI.pdf
I have two dogs and both of them are more in touch with reality than you. That’s going the extra mile since one’s a golden retriever. 🤪
The military spending is and has been our largest expense for decades. The US of A spends over 11 times of much as ANY other nation on its’ military.
Unless you’re a veteran. Then you’re a lazy taker living off the dole. Your missing limbs or shattered soul mean nothing. The GOP just wants us to die and give them more money for their billionaire masters. Oops, I mean owners. D@nn! Donors.
It’s parents responsibility to make sure the kids can’t get ahold of meds or guns , not the taxpayer. However I knew of a little boy that ingested “anxiety meds” poor kid ended up in the ER. So maybe it’s a small price to pay for children’s well being.
How much do you want to estimate these lockboxes actually cost the taxpayer? Is it really that hard to imagine people living paycheck to paycheck not being able to afford them? This seems like a positive use of public funds to me.
They are giving away lock boxes so you can lock up yours meds (legal or not) gummies with pot and maybe a handgun. Long guns such as rifles and shotguns will not fit in the box. In California you are required to show proof of a suitable lock box and/or a certified gun safe when you make your gun purchase. No proof, no gun!
Kim, please help me. I am still getting the Awaiting approval on my comments. Have I now broken another rule?
What the heck were cannabis gummies doing in a local grade school?
So we (taxpayers) are providing lock boxes to people to ensure their drugs and guns are safely stored. Hmmmm. Who’s going to be responsible for overseeing these people actually use them? DHHS staff? Guns and illegal drugs are not basic human needs for survival. If a person has these things, they can buy their own lock boxes.