Children become violently ill after consuming cannabis edibles at Halifax school

The mother of a nine-year-old boy says packaging that depicts highly potent cannabis as a “treat” led her son and several classmates at a Halifax school to consume them and become violently ill earlier this week.

Katrina MacDonald, a health-care worker, said in an interview Friday her son threw up multiple times and had to be rushed to the emergency department, while the mother of another child – who spoke on the condition of anonymity – said her child was taken to intensive care for treatment before stabilizing. MacDonald said she saw four children in hospital due to ingesting the edible, while Halifax police have said five children are believed to have swallowed the product. The school sent MacDonald an image of the package of “strawberry/grape” edibles branded as “Nerd Bites” that was found at the school after the children became il

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