Denver Police: *ZERO* Cases Reported Of Pot Candy Distributed To Children

[Initech]

There's an overtly hysterical new ad campaign saying that because Denver has legalized pot, that children will be distributed pot candy as a result. The Denver Police have a different take:

DENVER (AP) – Denver-area authorities said Monday they received no reports of children accidentally eating pot-laced candies this Halloween. Police had warned parents to be on the lookout for the edibles, which can look almost identical to brand-name treats.

Denver Police and the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center reported no cases of people slipping marijuana to unsuspecting trick-or-treaters.

The popularity of pot candies in the new retail market in Colorado prompted warnings this fall from police in Denver, Fort Collins and Pueblo. They urged parents to be vigilant.

Greenwood Village Police Chief John Jackson says the educational campaign helped. His department in suburban Denver received no reports of children accidentally consuming the drug or parents finding it among their candy stashes.

“It’s just another area where we have to be really vigilant from now into the foreseeable future so we don’t have a problem,” Jackson said. “Now, you’re not just looking for razor blades anymore.”

Joe Hodas, of marijuana edibles company Dixie Elixirs, said the warnings were “overblown and ridiculous.” Parents should scrutinize their kids’ Halloween candy but most people who use edibles are diligent about keeping them away from children, he said.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/11/03/officials-say-no-problems-with-edibles-on-halloween/

[Kelvin Mace]

1. People are so goddamned gullible

No wonder the GOP keeps winning.

[FLPanhandle]

2. Alcohol has been legal since Prohibiition ended

I doubt anyone has passed out any brandy filled bon-bons either.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. What kind of idiot would hand out a $20 dollar lollipop for Halloween?

[KarenS]

4. That's exactly what I was thinking,,,, n/t

[Warpy]

5. GMTA

Edibles are expensive and nobody's going to waste it on a kid even if they're evil SOBs who hate everybody because they won't be around to see the effects.

[backscatter712]

8. Good question. Edibles ain't cheap. n/t

[Shandris]

6. Well of course not! They haven't woke up yet! =P <n/t>

[Warren DeMontague]

7. The biggest effect that legal pot is going to have, on the kids of these states

Is more money for badly cash-strapped school systems.

[Waldorf]

9. When I was a kid the hysterical thing about Halloween was razor blades in apples (70's).

Then if I recall late 80's 90's you never heard about the razor blades and it became drugs in candy.