Pot for pups?
Rick Wilking / Reuters / Reuters
As marijuana's status has changed legally and in the opinions of many people across America, there's no doubt that dogs are getting stoned too. It's happening both when owners purposefully give it to their dogs and when they accidentally ingest it.
Cases of stoned dogs have increased since medial marijuana started to be legalized in certain states in the mid-2000s, the ASPCA and Pet Poison Hotline both reported to BuzzFeed.
Although, it's not clear if this increase is because more pets are getting high, said Dr. Tina Wismer, the medical director at the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center. This may be because "people are more willing to say 'Yeah, my dog got into my marijuana'" or because veterinarians are more aware of the issue and thus identifying it correctly more often, but either way it's clearly happening.
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