CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) -- With Halloween just around the corner, a University of Virginia Health (UVA) toxicologist is ensuring all the ghosts and goblins stay safe this holiday season, sharing that cannabis edibles actually pose more of a risk than poisoned candy.

The morning of Thursday, Oct. 30, Chris Holstege, director of UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, is debunking some common Halloween safety rumors about poisoned candy and ensuring that all the ghosts and goblins stay safe this holiday season.

During the briefing, Holstege addressed one of his primary concerns for Halloween: accidentally mixing candy with decriminalized cannabis.

"It's mainly children getting into things that they shouldn't get into, with adverse consequences," Holstege said during Thursday morning's

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