Halloween candy laced with cannabis could be handed out to KIDS, cops warn parents
POLICE have warned parents to be wary of Halloween sweets as some have been laced with weed.
Dozens of sweets appearing to be Nerds Rope candies, were found containing TCH in Pennsylvania town last week.
Photos shared on social media showed the pink and yellow sweets looking brand new, but packaged in a larger bag.
Police said the sweets contained 400mg of the drug, Stoney Creek township.
Warning parents ahead of the holiday season, Johnstown Police said in a Facebook post: “The Johnstown Police would like to draw extra attention to the Nerds Rope edibles containing 400mg of THC found during a search warrant in Stoney Creek Twp.
“During this Halloween, we urge parents to be ever vigilant in checking their children’s candy before allowing them to consume those treats.
“Drug laced edibles are package (sic) like regular candy and may be hard to distinguish from the real candy.”
It comes months after a health alert was issued in West Virginia, after Nerd Rope candies following sightings of Nerd Rope candies also filled with highly potent THC.
In June, United States Attorney Mike Stuart said in the public health alert: “It is packaged like candy. It looks like popular candy. It tastes like candy.
“But, instead, it is a very powerful and potent way to get high.”
The Ferrara Candy Company, which makes Nerds, told CNN in a statement, “This product is counterfeit and in no way associated with Ferrara Candy Company.
“We want to reassure consumers that the Nerds products they find at major retailers across the country and at nerdscandy.com are safe to consume.”
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