Teenagers are eating cannabis-laced chocolate and gummy bears that can trigger hallucinations or psychosis, the Dáil has been told. Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins said parents in her Dublin Mid-West constituency had been contacting her about their children using edible cannabis. Highlighting the dangers of this new trend, she said that in “avoiding the foul taste of tobacco, young people are attracted to gummy bears and chocolate laced with cannabis”. “Teenagers eat a square of cannabis laced chocolate, feel no impact and then eat the rest of the bar. ‘A different approach’Almost one-in-five Irish 16-year-olds are now using cannabis, she warned, adding that “the emergence of tasty, sugary, sweets laced with cannabis will only further increase its use among teenagers”.

Source: The Irish Times September 10, 2020 18:00 UTC