Nine Sesser-Valier Community school students ate cookies likely infused with THC. Those cookies were brought to school by a fellow student. One student was taken to a hospital.
In Virginia it’s illegal to sell products containing THC – the active component in cannabis – if they look like popular candies or snacks, but a growing number of children are coming into emergency rooms after consuming them. In Spotsylvania County, a 4-year-old ate drug-laced gummies and died. Now his mother faces a charge of murder
"Unfortunately, you have more and more of what we call these copycat THC edibles. They look, candidly, like anything else," said Virginia Attorney General, Jason Miyares.