Are THC edibles being given out as Halloween candy as some have claimed? Honestly, what do you think?
Yet this is far from the first time reports of THC-laced Halloween candy have circulated. Almost every Halloween, a well-meaning police department will issue a statement warning parents to be wary of pranksters distributing THC edibles to children under the guise of passing out candy — and almost every year, such reports are swiftly and thoroughly debunked.
The “Halloween candy is spiked with THC” myth is essentially a new version of the urban legend about razor blades being smuggled into Halloween candy and other related terms spiking like clockwork every October. In 2017, for instance, both ABC News in Los Angeles and FOX 29 Philly published reports warning parents of the scourge of Halloween pranksters handing out marijuana-laced candy, both of which got substantial pickup on social media.
Like all successful urban legends, the staying power of the myth lies in its inherent plausibility, says Radford. “There’s a reason why people believe them: because they could really happen, and that’s true in this case as well,” he says, pointing out that many THC edibles could be easily confused for candy.
It’s no coincidence that searches for Halloween THC candy really started picking up around 2012, the same year that cannabis was legalized for recreational use in both Washington and Colorado. As the marijuana law reform movement gains steam, one of the most frequent arguments leveled by detractors is the impact that. So in the context of increasingly widespread acceptance of marijuana use, it “makes sense” that this specific fear would take hold in the collective imagination, says Radford.
, gum, hard candies, and small toys pose a choking risk to very small children, and all candy should be inspected by parents for signs of tampering. But when it comes to the threat of Halloween pranksters actively dosing children dressed as Marshall fromwith edibles, the truth is that, as many of the commenters on the original Johnstown PD post
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