Edible-THC gummies suspected of sickening 19 at quinceañera party
Gummy-ring candy laced with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, is the suspected culprit in a weekend incident in which 19 people fell ill at a quinceañera party in the Mission District, San Francisco health officials said Monday.
Partygoers who ingested the candy Saturday night reported symptoms including heart palpitations, high blood pressure, dizziness and nausea. Nineteen people were taken to hospitals, 13 of them 18 years old or younger, health officials said. The youngest victim was 6 years old. All had been released by Monday morning.
Officials said 12 of the patients tested so far had THC in their systems. Test results by the state Poison Control Center on the gummy candies themselves are pending.
The city’s Public Health Department said the quinceañera, a party traditionally celebrating the 15th birthday of Latinas, had been catered by an Oakland company. The department would not identify the company but said it was cooperating with a police investigation. The source of the candy was not known.
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