The man-made chemicals were responsible for the hospitalisation of three teenagers last December, Forensic Science Ireland has warned
More than 50 percent of cannabis jellies tested by Forensic Science Ireland last year did not contain cannabis as advertised, and were instead infused with deadly synthetic drugs that resulted in the hospitalisation of three teenagers last December.
“In 2019, FSI encountered the first submission of jelly sweets in plastic sachets, which on analysis were found to contain controlled drugs,” the annual report stated. The annual report revealed that more than 50 percent of the cannabis jellies tested by the FSI last year did not contain cannabis or THC, which is the main psychoactive component in cannabis. Instead, they contained a type of chemical known as a synthetic cannabinoid.
“In December 2022, there was further concern when jelly sweets were submitted to FSI that caused adverse reactions and subsequent hospitalisations of three teenagers,” it added. The drug in this case was a synthetic cannabinoid called ADB-PINACA.
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