Drug dealers are utilising social media platforms TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube to sell drug-laced sweets to kids for as little as £20 with next day deliveryExclusive: Drug-laced sweets bought on TikTok and sold in schools see cannabis poisonings tripleThe number of children treated for cannabis poisoning has almost tripled as the craze for drug-laced sweets grips schools. Eating drugged sweets, dubbed "edibles", means the effects are slower than with smoking but last for hours. Sweets contain drugs like cannabis, ecstasy and spice, nicknamed the "zombie drug" as it leaves users like zombies. We asked one dealer on Snapchat if the ‘sweets’ could be ­delivered to an address in Palmers Green, North London. Jason Harwin, the Deputy Chief Constable of Lincolnshire and National Police Chiefs Council’s lead for drugs, said children underestimated the drugs’ strength.

Source: Daily Mirror August 07, 2021 18:31 UTC