Please see the attached letter from the Education Authority
9 June 2021
CANNABIS OIL DISGUISED AS CONFECTIONARY
The purpose of this letter is to inform you of a warning we have received from the Public Health Agency that they are aware of products that look like familiar sweet products with colourful packets, familiar cartoon images and which are appealing to children, but that in fact contain cannabis extract, or THC (the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis).
A young child assessed in hospital had inadvertently consumed cannabis after finding what they believed to be a packet of sweets on the ground. While on closer inspection the sweet packet is labelled as containing THC, to all other purposes they look like a common brand of sweets which are marketed for children.
Please can you make staff and parents aware of the information contained in this letter and the photographs of the seized products below. If you have any further information relating to these incidents or similar circumstances please contact the PSNI and forward any information to DAMIS@hscni.net.
Yours sincerely
MARGARET ROSE McNAUGHTON
Director of Transport and Food in Schools
