Albany Sheriff: 4-Year-Old Attacked Parents After Eating THC Gummies

Albany Sheriff Craig Apple posted a warning about the risks of legalized marijuana and children after two young kids ingested THC-infused gummies, and one of them began hallucinating.

"The packaging basically lures children in. This needs to change." Albany Sheriff Craig Apple

 

Kid-Friendly Packaging

According to a Facebook post by Albany Sheriff Craig Apple, two kids who were with their father at his work recently ingested THC gummies.

The Sheriff said the kid-friendly packaging lured the kids in.

According to the Sheriff, the two kids, ages 4 and 6, discovered the gummies in one of the men's lunchboxes. Apple said the older child spat theirs out, but the 4-year-old ate two gummies and started having a bad reaction.

Risk to Young Children

The Sheriff noted that the gummies contained 60 mg of THC each, and for a child or those with low tolerance, 60mg of THC would be regarded as a "very high dose."  It could lead to an "overwhelming" experience, according to experts.

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The effects can last up to 12 hours after use, and residual effects can last up to 24 hours.

The Boy Attacked His Parents

Sheriff Apple said the 4-year-old, a girl, ate two of the gummies called "Super Smacked Bears", and then, a half hour later, woke up from a nap completely out of sorts, and even attacked both parents.

"Approximately an hour and a half later," the Sheriff wrote on Facebook,  "the four-year-old woke up from a nap screaming, reporting hallucinations of animals approaching her, and bit both parents, breaking the skin."

According to the report, the child was treated at Albany Medical.