Cannabis laced sweets sold by street vendor near a school. 60 teenage students had to be rushed to hospital

Drug legalization can be very trickery and sometimes dangerous! One should keep that in mind.

Ganja-laced sweets scare - Jamaica Observer 7 of more than 60 children still in hospital [as of 10/3/2023] The on-again, off-again sore issue of regulating vending at school gates was revived on Monday when more than 60 Ocho Rios Primary School students were rushed to St Ann's Bay Hospital after consuming sweets laced with THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), a compound found in marijuana.

Credits: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW

The front of the package of sweets sold to children at Ocho Rios Primary School on Monday by a mystery vendor.