Beware Of Marijuana Candy This Halloween: Officials

Health and law enforcement officials are sharing information about a public awareness campaign out of New Jersey warning parents to check their children’s Halloween candy because it might be laced with Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the ingredient in the marijuana plant that causes people to get high. The public awareness sheet – created by the NJ ROIC Drug Monitoring Initiative – was released earlier this week and has been shared on a number of New Hampshire law enforcement and health official’s social media accounts. The graphic contains information on possible warning signs as well as what to do – now that marijuana is decriminalized and legal in some states – and THC comes in many different forms, including candy and edibles.

The NJ ROIC Drug Monitoring Initiative warns parents to call police immediately if they believe that their children have received marijuana candies. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Concord NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. Like Concord NH Patch on Facebook)

Officials also warn parents to wear vinyl or non-latex gloves when handling marijuana candy and to wash their hands immediately after removing the gloves from their hands.

Click here to download a copy of the leaflet.

Physical effects of marijuana use in children include dizziness, shallow breathing, red eyes and dilated pupils, dry mouth, increased appetite, and slow reaction time, officials noted. Other effects can be a distorted sense of time, random thinking, paranoia, anxiety, depression, and short-term forgetfulness.

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Please use caution when inspecting your children's candy this Halloween season. pic.twitter.com/jEEJzQMK4K
— RockCtySheriff (@RockSheriffNH) October 25, 2017