This week sheriff Mike
Epperly of Berry County reported confiscating a package of candy containing
marijuana. The Missouri drug task force intercepted this package and found the cannabis
infused candies as well as a bag of regular marijuana. The package was being
sent from Colorado to a town called Pineville. The main worry is that children
could mistakenly get into these candies with THC ingredient (the main chemical found
in marijuana and cause some issues with younger children such as irregular heartbeats
or stomach problems. Children could easily mistakenly ingest a marijuana candy
seeing that it looks like commonly found candy. In this specific package the
candies were lemon drops, mints, and gummy bears; they all contained a certain amount
of THC. The sheriff of Berry County made a promise to keep the special candies
out of the hands of children residing in the area.
The video clip new
coverage on this story is to inform the public of candies that contain
marijuana and would be a potential risk of harming a child that ingested it. I
feel that it is targeted towards parents because it is trying to illustrate how
marijuana comes in many forms. In addition I feel that most of the people who
will be watching this are parents who worry about their kids getting involved
with drugs. I am wondering now about what could happen if marijuana gets
legalized; would more children be at risk of mistakenly obtaining these THC edibles?
Would these marijuana candies be sold at
the local target or would they be sold a dispensaries to people with a marijuana
license?
-Merrilee Viguers
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