Kids taught how to spot drug sweets
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SCHOOLS are teaching primary kids about deadly cannabis “gummies” which look like harmless sweets.
Some have banned candy altogether over reports of pushers selling drugs disguised as brands like Haribo.
They contain synthetic cannabis, sometimes known as spice, which can cause hallucinations, paranoia and even death.
Last month, law student Damilola Olakanmi, 23, died after eating a suspected cannabis gummy. She had ordered them on a phone app to be delivered to her home in Ilford, East London, the same day.
Police have visited one school, Boundary Primary in Blackpool, to show pupils aged 10 and 11 the difference between real sweets and dodgy ones.
Another school has banned youngsters from bringing any confectionary on site after Northumbria Police reports that gummies are being sold for as little as £5.50 on Snapchat.
Parents of children at Farringdon Community Academy in Sunderland have been warned that the drugs “look like normal packets of sweets but may have odd spellings and different fonts”.
All Saints School in York also warned that sweets packaged to resemble brands like Haribo, Nerds and Millions are “of particular concern.”
Officers seized £300,000 of edible cannabis disguised as Dairy Milk and Milky Bars in Wakefield, West Yorks, in March.
Police say county lines gangs use sweets to lure kids into dealing. Last week forces in the east of England said there were almost 150 reports of them being found over six months in 2021.