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Ohio Concertgoers Sickened By THC-Laced Candy

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Two dozen concertgoers in Richland County suffered medical symptoms after they ate candy laced with a drug found in marijuana. The victims were at the Ohio Dreams sports camp complex in Butler, where the weekend-long EST 2016 rap music festival was being held. Authorities say someone gave them candy containing THC, the chemical that gives marijuana its mind-altering effects. Regional drug task force commander Lt. Joe Petrycki says early reports of concertgoers overdosing from the candy was too strong a description. He says THC usually gives people a sense of euphoria. He says no one lost consciousness. A spokesperson for OhioHealth hospital in Mansfield says 24 people were treated, including with the overdose antidote naloxone.
 

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