Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic baggie that later tested positive for the potentially deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
At first, it seemed the students were having an allergic reaction to something they ate Tuesday, Amherst County Public Schools said. The sheriff’s office conducted a field test of the bag, which had “a positive reaction for fentanyl,” the school district said.
“Preliminary investigation shows the students ingested gummy bears from a plastic baggie. In that baggie contained a residue, and the residue tested positive for fentanyl,” sheriff’s spokesperson Lt. Dallas Hill told CNN.
I was confused at first since most people like to smoke or inject their fent. Also, who is reusing a drug bag and putting food in it? I hope the kids aren’t traumatized.
Sounds like THC gummies that the dealers made near fent. As to how the kids got it or if they took it from a parents house I have no idea.
You got it. I have no doubt that the kids were sick, but small amounts of ingested fentanyl would not make the kids sick. It was likely THC gummies. That would explain the “allergic” reaction, aka flushing. Morphine can cause itching/flushing, but not generally in low doses. THC certainly does cause flushing though in high doses particularly in children, like you’d see with edibles.