Police officials worry about pot candy this Halloween being given out to children. Note that the pot candy is made to resemble real candy products popular with both children and adults. The concern is that children may not be able to tell the difference.
Denver police it seems are worried about a the threat of pot candy being handed out to children this *Halloween.
To counteract the new fear of cannabis candy in Colorado – which legalized the herb in 2012 – the Denver Police Department has put out a public service announcement (PSA) telling parents to be on the lookout.
In the new PSA, created with Urban Dispensary pot shop owner Patrick Johnson, parents are warned that marijuana-infused candy looks like the real thing. Johnson said sales of the edibles account for 20 to 30 percent of his revenue, with names like ‘Mountain High Suckers.’
“With Halloween fast approaching, Colorado citizens are in a unique position in the country – watching our kid’s candy for marijuana edibles,” Denver police told United Press International.
“The problem is the pot candy looks so much like the real thing nobody can tell the difference”, said one dispensary owner who declined to be named in this report out of fear the PSA will hurt his business.
n the PSA, a sour patch candy infused with cannabis is nearly impossible to tell apart from the real thing – as are gumdrops, peach rings, and lollipops.
Note: * Halloween or Hallowe’en; a contraction of “All Hallows‘ Evening“), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It initiates the triduum of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers. Within Allhallowtide, the traditional focus of All Hallows’ Eve revolves around the theme of using “humor and ridicule to confront the power of death.”
According to many scholars, All Hallows’ Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals,with possible pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain. Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related “guising“), attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted house attractions, playing pranks, summoning spirits of the dead, telling scary stories, and watching gory scary horror films.