Jan 14 (Wednesday) from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm EST: The Use of Cannabis Edibles to Recruit and Control Youth for Sexual Abuse and Exploitation • Kevin Walsh, Investigative Consultant Manager, Office of the Commissioner - Investigations Division, NYC Administration for Children’s Services An ongoing phenomenon has been the use of cannabis edibles by child sex abusers to recruit and control children for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Using redacted case studies to protect confidentiality, this workshop will: • Identify the duplicitous packaging of cannabis edible products • Discuss the upswing in cannabis edible ingestion in children younger than age 6 years with regard to toxicity • Discuss how sex abusers and traffickers can use substances for victim exploitation and recruitment of youth, including: o providing cannabis without the victim’s knowledge 2026 NYC Child Trafficking Prevention Conference: “Developing Safety Strategies As New Dangers Emerge” 5 All questions: Traffickingtraining@acs.nyc.gov o inducing a euphoric mood prior to exploitation o rewarding victim trafficking productivity o withholding to commence withdrawal towards asserting control Register Here for The Use of Cannabis Edibles to Recruit and Control Youth for Sexual Abuse and Exploitation