HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) – State officers are launching a public service announcement this week geared toward warning households of unlawful and unsafe hashish edibles designed to appear to be kid-friendly snacks.
Lawyer Basic William Tong and Client Safety Commissioner Bryan Cafferelli mentioned these edibles are untested and may result in children being hospitalized because of the excessive doses of psychoactive chemical substances.
“Whereas our groups have labored exhausting to discourage the sale and distribution of those unlawful and doubtlessly harmful unregulated merchandise, it’s also essential to ensure kids and households in our state are conscious of the risks of consuming these merchandise,” Cafferelli mentioned in a press release.
Cafferelli mentioned they hope the brand new marketing campaign will assist forestall kids from by chance consuming unlawful hashish merchandise as a result of they appear to be peculiar snacks- doubtlessly exposing them to greater than 100 occasions the utmost grownup serving if they’ve a snack-sized bag of “chips” or “sweet.”
“After months of sustained enforcement and public schooling, we’re seeing fewer and fewer of those harmful unlawful merchandise. This PSA is a vital subsequent step in these ongoing efforts to guard Connecticut children,” Tong mentioned in a press release.
In keeping with Connecticut regulation, hashish merchandise should be uniformly white and can’t appear to be comparable merchandise being bought with out hashish. They’ll solely be bought within the regulated market with testing and different label and packing necessities.
Solely residents over 21-years-old can legally have and eat hashish.
Anybody who sees unsafe edible merchandise is requested to report them at ct.gov/reportillegalcannabis whereas protecting them away from kids.
The officers’ public service announcement will air on television and radio over the subsequent 13 weeks, in partnership with the Connecticut Broadcasters Affiliation.
