NS Mother Says ‘Treat’ Packaging of Cannabis Gummies Put Kids in Hospital

Published on March 25, 2024

A Nova Scotia parent says that her nine-year-old and his classmates were hospitalized after eating a cannabis product, blaming the packaging of the product for causing confusion by looking like a “treat.” Health-care worker Katrina MacDonald said her son’s classmate had brought a bag of “Nerd Bites” to school on March 20, which contained a high amount of THC, up to 400 milligrams per piece, according to an online vendor which sells the product. After the children ate the cannabis gummy bites, they soon became extremely ill, she told The Canadian Press, and were taken to a local hospital. Ms. MacDonald said her son vomited at least seven times and his heart rate and blood pressure fell....

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