How to spot if there is pot in your kids candy: VIDEO
If you live in Colorado and have children, be sure to check their Halloween "trick or treat" candy that they bring home. Since marijuana is now legal in Colorado and cannabis candy is a popular item, Denver police are warning parents to double check what their children are eating, according to a report.
"With edibles gaining in popularity we thought it was important to alert the community to the possibility that it's easy to mistake what looks like regular candy with a marijuana edible," Denver police spokesman Lt. Matt Murray told Fox31 Denver.
Denver police has issued a public service announcement with a marijuana retailer that warns parents this year's candy could have a "treat" not found in previous years' candy... it could be infused with marijuana.
The department hired Patrick Johnson, owner of Urban Dispensary, to create a video (below) to educate parents on what they should be on the lookout for. Johnson said some manufacturers of "knocked-off candy" buy sweets in bulk and then spray them with hash oil. The bad news is that once the oil dries, there's no way to tell the difference.
"The problem is that some of these products look so similar to candy that's been on the market, that we've eaten as children, that there's really no way for a child or a parent or anybody, even an expert in the field, to tell you whether or not a product is infused," Johnson said in the video.
He said that if kids bring home candy that don't look like something from a recognizable brand, toss it.
"This is just another way for those who most benefit from marijuana prohibition to try to convince the public that prohibition protects children," wrote the Ladybud blog. "The real message here is that the average citizen should be wary of cannabis users; they might want to drug your kids and get them 'hooked' too."
