‘Stoner dog’ epidemic sees dramatic rise in number of hospitalized pets

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Colorado veterinarians have a message for medical marijuana users: Don't get your dog stoned. Marijuana is toxic in a dog's system, they say, and has even resulted in some canine deaths.

"There are huge spikes in the frequency of marijuana ingestion in places where it's become legal," veterinarian Dr. Debbie Van Pelt told local CBS affiliate WTSP. "They basically have lost a lot of their fine motor control, they have a wide-based stance and they are not sure on their feet."

Before medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado, local vets say they saw only a handful of cases of dogs exposed to the substance per year. But now, those numbers have more than quadrupled.

The vets say most of the dogs are getting high from medical marijuana edibles left out in the open by their owners. Marijuana edibles are cookies, brownies and other foods prepared with a butter laced with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in pot.

And while some pet owners may think it's funny to get their dogs high, the vets say pot is actually toxic to a dog's system. Cats are similarly vulnerable to negative effects from inhaling second-hand marijuana smoke or eating edibles. Cat experts say many owners inaccurately believe that marijuana will have a similar effect on their cats as catnip.

"I just want dogs, kids to be safe. It needs to be treated like any other drug. If you came home with a prescription of Vicodin from your doctor you wouldn't just leave it sitting there," veterinarian Stacy Meola told the station.

In fact, Dr. Meola said that two dogs recently died after ingesting a lethal amount of marijuana. Such deaths are rare, but even in cases in which a dog's life is not threatened, the dog may still be subjected to painful symptoms, including vomiting and even comas.

"We need people to realize it is potentially toxic and potentially fatal to their pets," Van Pelt said.

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^ Vets have been saying for years not to give weed to your pets. I have a friend in Veterinary medicine who sees, numerous times a year, pets who have been intentionally or unintentionally exposed to THC (usually from edibles). It's not an "anti-pot" agenda, it's a legitimate health risk to animals.

Your pets just don't metabolize drugs the same way humans do - you wouldn't give your dog opiates or LSD, so don't give it weed either. To do otherwise is irresponsible pet ownership bordering on animal cruelty.
 
^ i never said that it was not just how it seems strange to me with the problems with medical weed at the minute plus you make it sound like i am condoning the act of getting you pets high if you read it i never said that :)
 
First off, I want to say that it is wrong to give recreational drugs to animals. Except for humans.
So, don't give your pets weed, or any other drugs.

But the article stinks of sensationalism and an anti-drug agenda, as some above have noticed.

"There are huge spikes in the frequency of marijuana ingestion in places where it's become legal," veterinarian Dr. Debbie Van Pelt told local CBS affiliate WTSP.
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OMG! Huge spikes?! How huge?

Before medical marijuana was legalized in Colorado, local vets say they saw only a handful of cases of dogs exposed to the substance per year. But now, those numbers have more than quadrupled.
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Wow, from one handful to four per year! :|
But, do we really need this article's tone, based on such a small increase?

"They basically have lost a lot of their fine motor control, they have a wide-based stance and they are not sure on their feet."
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Wait, that is a perfect description of me when I am really high.

The vets say most of the dogs are getting high from medical marijuana edibles left out in the open by their owners.
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There we go - it is ignorance. Pets will eat food you leave out. If you leave space cakes out, they will eat them, and will be affected by them - possibly very badly. So, don't do it. (No sensationalism needed, but getting this information out is important.)

Remember, pets + drugs don't mix.
And neither do drug education and sensationalism.
 
not sure about cat nip things iv read/seen say it acts on them like lsd but if you have given a cat its more an mdma/speed effect i know thats not answering your question but may help in some way dnt know how but hey :)
 
Catnip is not psychoactive for cats, it simply smells like certain chemicals in feline urine. Active ingredient is nepetalactone. (Okay fine - you can argue it's psychoactive, but it's not a "drug" in my book because most drugs don't bind to receptors only in the nose.) It's basically like a really strong smelling cat perfume, more than anything else. (Hence why you never see a cat dying of 'nip overdose)
 
Uhh... chocolate itself makes a dog very ill/is potentially lethal.

They mention edibles. The dog may sick from that, and stoned to boot. Not denying their physiology may react adversely. The caffeine in chocolate and what-not might have dangerous synergy.

This is anti-pot.
 
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MrGrunge said:
^ Vets have been saying for years not to give weed to your pets. I have a friend in Veterinary medicine who sees, numerous times a year, pets who have been intentionally or unintentionally exposed to THC (usually from edibles). It's not an "anti-pot" agenda, it's a legitimate health risk to animals.

Your pets just don't metabolize drugs the same way humans do - you wouldn't give your dog opiates or LSD, so don't give it weed either. To do otherwise is irresponsible pet ownership bordering on animal cruelty.
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Exactly. Just compare and contrast the way humans metabolize cocoa and dogs do. You give a human a pound of cocoa, no big deal. Give half a pound a dog, dog get's wired off their ass and siezures and dies.
 
sekio said:
Catnip is not psychoactive for cats, it simply smells like certain chemicals in feline urine. Active ingredient is nepetalactone. (Okay fine - you can argue it's psychoactive, but it's not a "drug" in my book because most drugs don't bind to receptors only in the nose.) It's basically like a really strong smelling cat perfume, more than anything else. (Hence why you never see a cat dying of 'nip overdose)
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guess thats why it looks more like the on mdma then all loved up and horny as its to do with reproduction i guess

dnt not know that about the cocoa
 
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