An Akron woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a sheriff’s deputy reported she had taken her baby to a party early Friday where people were smoking marijuana, Erie County sheriff’s officials said.
Would there be endangerment charges if she took her baby to a party where alcohol was consumed? What if there were no marijuana or alcohol, but people were smoking cigarettes?
The only real danger from marijuana use
No studies have shown any hazard from secondhand marijuana smoke, but plenty have shown damage from secondhand tobacco smoke; that baby is in greater danger in the tobacco-filled room. Marijuana smokers (at least in my experience) tend to be peaceful and relaxed, whereas alcohol parties are almost guaranteed to end up with a fight or something broken; that baby is in greater danger in the alcohol-filled room.
Oh, wait, I forgot. In an alcohol-filled or tobacco-filled room, body-armored assault-weapon-armed law-enforcement aren’t likely to break down the door, throw in loud flash-bang grenades that could permanently damage a baby’s hearing, and shoot and kill the mother while the baby is in her arms.
I am a medical marijuana patient. My daughter currently lives with us and has a 2 year old son. I medicate in my room only with the door closed and the baby is not allowed in the room during and for at least a half hour after.. Currently the babies father is useing my marijuana use as an excuse to keep him away from us and my daughter . He has threatened child endangerment. Please tell me what are my legal rights concerning children. Im sure that there a quite a few people who legally use marijuana, that have children in their home. What are my rights???? Thank you for your time.