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Marijuana Being Packaged in Gumballs and Sold to Teens
Jim Kouri | CommonVoice.com | July 23, 2006

High-grade marijuana is being packaged in gumballs and sold to high school students, according to Maryland State Police officials. These gumballs, known as "Greenades," contain enough THC to be fatal to smaller children. THC is the active chemical in marijuana that causes the user to become "high."

Two bright yellow gumballs with smiley faces were seized from two high school students by police at the Howard County High School in Maryland. A police officer assigned to the high school witnessed the gumballs being purchased by the students while passing between classes.

The gumballs were sent to the Maryland State Police's Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory in Pikesville, Maryland, and they determined there was approximately one gram of high-grade marijuana packed inside each gumball. The gumballs came wrapped in colorful tin foil labeled as "Greenades" with a marijuana leaf on the wrapper and detailed instructions for use.

With this discovery, concern over Greenades is growing among parents in the area, not only for the teenagers in the local student body but also over what happens when these drug-using students bring these gumballs home and their younger brothers or sisters get a hold of them, or worse yet, curious toddlers encounter them.

Most experts agree that there is enough THC in one gram of high grade marijuana to produce a lethal overdose that could result in death if swallowed by a toddler.

J.T. Daily, Director of Drug Education for Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug rehabilitation and education centers, said, "The way drugs are being marketed and packaged these days to encourage kids to buy and use them is getting pretty sophisticated."

The purpose, of course, is to create a future clientele for drugs and what better-targeted market for a pusher than kids, he stated.

"They are young, experimental by nature and have the money to buy it. If they try it and like it, they could end up being a permanent customer that one day ends up in our rehabilitation facility, in jail or dead."

To obtain more information on how you can help educate your children about the dangers of drug and alcohol use, or if you know someone who needs help with addiction, contact Narconon Arrowhead’s information hotline 1-800-468-6933 or visit www.stopaddiction.com.

Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he's a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org). He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He's a news writer for TheConservativeVoice.Com. He's also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he's syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He's appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. Kouri's own website is located at http://jimkouri.us

 

Lothar121

Where are the small children that have died from THC? It certainly isn't healthy nor is it right for a small child to use marijuana, but I have a hard time swallowing that 1 gram of marijuana is going to kill a kid without any evidence to substantiate this ridiculous claim.

What experts are they referring to? Did I miss something in the literature about children and marijuana overdoses?

This article wreaks of reefer madness. Why put in bs when the story itself is enough?

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lilguyboi03

Argh. I can't stand it when officials are trying to brainwash the people with propaganda x_X

Higher Logic

Wow, reefer madness at its finest! And the evidence for this is....where?"Hey, you, gimme your gumballs!"Eeew, for some reason wehn I read that line I thought of eating peanuts, M&Ms, and chewing gum all at once. I hope they are putting 1 gram's worth of THC extract in there, because that would be pretty cool. Might have to work on a gum recipe now Yup, they're going down the checklist. We started with "think of the children!" Well, the babies actually. Now the parents are concerned, of course, and then it's little bro and sis. I would be more worried about a curious toddler getting hold of the gum, with or without marijuana in it. But hey, mommy's supposed to be watching the lil' tike right?Where are these experts?! The DEA? The ONDCP? George Bush?! Marijuana is not lethal, it's non-toxic, I don't care if a child is eating it or not.Duh! You can thank prohibition for that dumbass. They did the same thing back when alcohol was prohibited.Wait, are we talking about marijuana, or crack cocaine here? Hmmm...or maybe cigarettes Oh god forbid they enjoy it! Masturbation? Sex?! Where does it end, where does it end!There, I fixed it

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HappyMan

I don't understand.......how is the marijuana in the 'gumballs?' Is it raw? or somehow cooked into a chewable paste?

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...and where was the uproar when they came out with those candy cigarettes? Who exactly were those supposed to be marketed for?

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Buzzby

I just put a comment onto the original article referring to the fact that the lethal dose of marijuana is do high that there is no practical way to achieve it and, in fact, no one has ever died from a "marijuana overdose".

It'll be interesting to see if this right-wing rag publishes it.

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16204ever

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but Cannabis has no LD-50 rating and therefore is non-toxic. Completely non-toxic. An infant can eat it until they puke and be fine, they'd crawl on to their next meal, probably some dirt in the house plants.

And eating it is even less lethal than smoking because it doesn't all get absorbed, and what does goes thru the liver first to be metabolized.

Cripes but these criminals in charge are stupid.

I urge everyone to not simply preach to the choir on this website (we all know they are full of sh*t here), but email newspapers, and even the moron mentioned in this article. I email 'em all the time, the goal isn't necessarily to get published, it is to let people know how you feel.

That is the American way.

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J.T. Daily, Director of Drug Education for Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country’s leading drug rehabilitation and education centers, said, "The way drugs are being marketed and packaged these days to encourage kids to buy and use them is getting pretty sophisticated."

I don't think the purpose was to get kids to try them! It was more like the students trying to do drug deals in the open without gettin caught, but they weren't smart about it. Toddlers can't even eat gumballs, they would probably choke on them. The officials start getting the parents into a panic, they run to their politicians demanding stricter laws on pot thinkin that's gonna solve everything

Theres even candy called rum cordials, think i spelled it right, anyone remember those? They were sold legally and no one said shit about it, parents weren't complaining, no one talked of toddlers getting a hold of them and getting alcohol in their system.

Maybe they should tell the teenagers to put their gumballs in child proof containers like the pharmacy's do with drugs, problem solved

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I believe it was Buzzby who said that a cigar could potentially kill 5 (?) grown men if consumed. There is certainly a lot more cigarettes laying around the average American home than there are these non-toxic gumballs, yet through some cruel fate, thet latter is the illegal.

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