Pubdate: Wed, 15 Sep 2010
Source: Fernie Free Press (CN BC)
Copyright: 2010 Black Press
Contact:  http://www.thefreepress.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/999
Author: Rebecca Edwards
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm (Hallucinogens)

LSD FOUND IN GUMMI BEARS

Gummi bears laced with LSD were found in a police drugs raid.

Police found the bag of 44 candies when they raided a home in 
Cranbrook last March. This week the results of lab tests showed the 
gummi bears were laced with the drug, which causes hallucinations.

50-year-old Christianne Bateman and her 18-year-old son Benjamin have 
been charged with possessing illegal drugs with intent to traffic 
following the raid, which also turned up 1 lb of marijuana, and one 
third of a pound of hashish.

Police also allegedly found someone attempting to make "weed oil" - 
where the marijuana tar is leeched from the leaves and stalk of the plant.

Cpl Chris Faulkner of Cranbrook Detachment said he does not believe 
the drugs were intended to be distributed maliciously.

But he added: "It is a concerning new trend - you just need to have a 
teenager who buys a few of these while he is out partying, and has 
some left in his bedroom, and a younger sibling finds them and thinks 
they are candy. There could be a very serious medical issue there.

"There has been a lot of media hype about this, but I just wanted to 
throw it out there that we had found this to make people more aware 
that this could happen.

"Parents should make sure they know where their kids' candy is coming from."

Faulkner said that he has not come across many cases of LSD use in 
recent years, but that previously it was distributed on sugar cubes 
and on blotting paper. It is sometimes distributed on small squares 
of paper with cartoons printed on them.

He does not know what the strength of the drug was on the jelly 
candies, which were dipped into liquid LSD. One dose or "hit" of LSD 
has a street value of around $5.
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