They “thought they were dying.” In Paris, a group of friends were admitted to the emergency room on the night of December 9 after ingesting gum made with THC, a psychoactive compound present in cannabis, and H4CBD, a derivative of CBD.
He was one of the guests who had bought the box of sweets in a specialized store, explains Le Parisien, which reveals the information. Paranoia, feeling cold, convulsions and vomiting: the ten friends began to experience violent symptoms half an hour after each of them had consumed a piece of gum.
Seven people in emergency
After firefighters intervened in the Paris apartment where the evening took place, seven of the ten participants were taken to the emergency room. They were able to return home the next day, exhausted and in shock.
H4CBD, derived from CBD, was also identified in the product but without being able to determine the dosage, due to the lack of a certified standard for this substance. Its presence in candies “could enhance the effects of THC and, therefore, also explain why all these people had to go to the emergency room in the middle of the night,” according to Professor Laurence Labat.
Contacted by Le Parisien, the Regional Health Agency of Île-de-France (ARS) indicates that it has been informed and claims to have “immediately contacted the national health monitoring and surveillance structures.” The group of friends has put up a handrail and plans to file a complaint.
According to a laboratory analysis carried out at the newspaper’s initiative at the Lariboisière hospital, the candies contained THC, the natural psychoactive derivative of cannabis, but without exceeding the legal level of 0.3%.
However, a 26 mg chewing gum represents “a fairly large dose for consumers who are little or not at all accustomed to it and which can cause strong psychoactive effects,” Professor Laurence Labat, head of the laboratory department, tells Le Parisien.
Source: BFM TV
