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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Pot-laced candy: the truth behind Halloween's marijuana scare story 🌿Pot-laced candy: the truth behind Halloween's marijuana scare story
One year ago around this time, Colorado was awash with warnings about a new mortal danger facing children: pot-laced Halloween candy.
“Marijuana candy. Trick or treat?” a billboard on a major Denver thoroughfare warned. The ad by Smart Colorado, an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting youth from marijuana, asked, “Can you spot the pot?” above pictures of candies like peach rings and Swedish fish that are also commonly sold as marijuana-infused edibles.
The Denver police department warned on its YouTube page: “With Halloween fast approaching, Colorado citizens are in a unique position in the country – watching our kids’ candy for marijuana edibles. Learn how some marijuana edibles can be literally identical to their name-brand counterparts, and get a reminder about sweets safety for all your little trick or treaters this year.”
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