LSD-LACED GUMMI BEARS FOUND IN CRANBROOK

The RCMP in Cranbrook is alerting people about what they believe is a
new method of disguising and trafficking drugs. While searching a
local residence earlier this year, police located a bag of candy that
seemed out of the ordinary and suspicious.

They decided to investigate further and sent the gummi bears to the
drug lab for analysis. When they received the results, if confirmed
their suspicion. The lab results showed the gummi bears were laced
with the drug LSD, also known as Acid.

Corporal Chris Faulkner with the Cranbrook detachment says police do
not want to create a panic, but want parents to be aware of these
candy possibly being circulated in the Cranbrook area. "The concern
from a safety point of view is if a child finds them," Faulkner explains.

LSD is a mind-altering, synthetic drug that creates physical and
psychological symptoms. Faulkner says one hit of the drug has a
significant effect on a full-grown adult, not to mention on a child.
If youngsters eat one or even a handful of the laced gummies, their
small bodies can overdose big time very quickly, Faulkner states.

Faulkner emphasizes this is an isolated incident and RCMP have not
found the gummi bears anywhere else. The original stash included
about three to four dozen of the candy, but police are not sure how
many have been sold. Some of the gummies they found were individually
packaged, others seemed like regular bulk candy.

It is not uncommon for LSD to be distributed an unconventional way.
"Acid, back in the late 1960s when it became popular, used to be
dropped on sugar cubes," Faulkner explains. He says LSD then lost its
popularity and made a comeback about 15 to 20 years ago when dealers
dropped the drug onto blotter paper, usually decorated with cartoon characters.

Faulkner believes the LSD candy was created as a method of hiding the
drugs from unwanted eyes. "I would think it's merely a different
means of trafficking," he states. There is no indication that the
candy was intended to target children specifically. Faulkner also
points out there is no indication that there is any relationship with
Halloween as the candy was discovered earlier in the year.