There have been over three-thousand hospitalisations from cannabinoids in the last 5 years.
Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins says more needs to be done to highlight the dangers of cannabis jellies and similar products.
There has been a rise in hospitalisations for mental disorders linked to cannabinoids – from 526 in 2018 to 658 in 2022, with 264-thousand euro worth of cannabis edible seizures from 2018 to the end of May.
Ms Higgins says there are significant health risks associated with these compounds:
