PSA: Beware of Edibles Masquerading As Children’s Treats
by Monsey.info
They look at a quick glance like regular children’s candies.
Skittles, Trix Cereal, and Reese’s Puffs, things you would never suspect would be anything other than everyday snacks may upon inspection be much more sinister.
Cannaboid snacks, disguised in eerily similar packaging to the snacks they are named after, can now be found circulating among teenagers and even adults. Should a child get their hands on them, they would not be able to tell the difference.
One family found themselves in such a situation and wanted to warn the community to be vigilant.
“At risk of criticism and judgement, I wanted to inform our neighborhood that this past shabbos was quite traumatic for two families in NY,” they wrote on social media. “Baruch Hashem my house is very busy on shabbos and people come and go. This past shabbos Edible candy marijuana some how made it into my home.”
The children thought nothing of the colorful snacks that looked the same as what they normally eat, and ate them for their shabbos party.
“We are beyond grateful to hkbh that our girls are home asleep in their beds tonight, as last night it was not clear that would be the case.”
The effects were horrific. The children, who imbibed more than four times the normal amount for an adult, ended up in the emergency room. Some unresponsive for hours, and even after regaining consciousness, were not themselves.
Although you would imagine that these snacks would be either illegal or heavily regulated, and apparently not, and have no requirements as for what the wrappers may look like.
For example, a Cannaboid Trix Snack looks exactly like a small package of the cereal, name brand, bunny and all. If not for the word medicated and small icon, you would never know.
A Cannaboid Skittles package is the same story, with just the word medicated and an icon differentiating the product.
“It is legal and easily accessible nowadays, it is important than if you or anyone you know possesses it, you carefully mark it. My husband and myself did not know what it was, and keep it far away from children”
While Cannaboid products and edibles, which are products of Marijuana, are marketed as being safe, they are far from benign.
According to the American Addiction Centers, some such side effects are anxiety, panic attacks, hallucinations, paranoia, and psychotic episodes, and the more you eat, the worse they get.
It is also important to note that edibles are weight based, so children are at increased risk for terrible side effects.
