Reporter Gets Roasted For Saying People Are Passing Out ‘Laced’ THC Candy For Halloween

September 29, 2021, 7:48 am

Every Halloween, warnings about the horrible things dangerous people will pass out to children start to circulate. And parents shriek in terror and triple-check the candy and say their thanks to some higher being that their children have avoided these awful child-hating criminals yet again, though surely they must be out there.

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Years ago, it was rumors of razor blades in anything from apples to KitKat bars, but in recent years, this has mostly consisted of people insisting that folks are really out there lacing candy with THC.

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And every year, Twitter pushes back against the absurdity of this story presented as fact and seemingly used to ever-so-subtly shove us back into the era of Reefer Madness, where marijuana — now legal for recreation in 18 states and decriminalized in another 13 — is the enemy and all those who use it out to destroy the children.

Of course, this doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. Even the picture used in the “news story” gives everything away. The tweet, from 6abc Philadelphia reporter Jaclyn Lee, claims that the photos are of real “confiscated” snacks that just happen to “look a lot like the real thing” but are actually “laced with THC.” But these are literally carefully packaged edibles with clear labels on the front — not intended to fool anyone.

So the time has come, once again, for Twitter to do its thing and dunk on people peddling this nonsense story with one overall broad reminder — stoners are not going to waste their pricey edibles on random children who come knocking on their door.

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No one is giving their expensive ass weed edibles to your snot nosed kids for free no matter how many times the cops feed this story to some random local cable news station https://t.co/v10eMV5RqN

— Evan Greer (@evan_greer) September 29, 2021

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edibles are not laced with THC. The THC is the point. Tell your kids to quit stealing your weed stash https://t.co/Kqx0qDXOn7

— Imani Gandied Apples (@AngryBlackLady) September 28, 2021

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Reminder: despite this recurring moral panic, the only documented case of a child being poisoned or injured by adulterated Halloween candy was a boy poisoned by a cyanide Pixy stick in 1974 by his *own father*, Ronald Clark O’Bryan, for insurance money.

Stranger danger, indeed. https://t.co/zdGn7s5Mku

— John Rogers (@jonrog1) September 28, 2021

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You think this is about the kids? Trademarks are being diluted Ken. Diluted!

— Rhett Derrick (@LawZag) September 29, 2021

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This one’s almost believable though…

— Hippie-Clectic Hope For Freedom (@kirchoff_sherry) September 29, 2021

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one time i bit into a reeses cup and found an entire armed battalion of marines

— Franken Fran’s #1 Franken Stan (@furrygahbidge) September 28, 2021

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This is a good example of police creating a made-up problem out of thin air, and news media just running with it uncritically and without question. https://t.co/Zv6hLqAMT3

— Cora Harrington (@lingerie_addict) September 29, 2021

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I think the real problem is that someone is handing out almond joys

— Wack Zack (@WackZackMusic) September 28, 2021

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Brb dropping $10,000 to get kids addicted to marijuana, AS ONE DOES

— The Tal Synbiont (Laughing Arc) (@BerkmanOnlyfans) September 28, 2021

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also could you tell me why you used the term “laced” which would imply that the THC was illicitly added to the candy when this candy is clearly advertised as containing THC. would you say that a bottle of wine was “laced with alcohol”. keep up the great work.

— seattle mariners no1 fan never stopped believing (@AaronCampeau) September 28, 2021

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Why do even Halloween parody graphics hate on candy corns?

— Frances_Larina (@Frances_Larina) September 28, 2021

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Also check your kids’ Halloween candy for the kilo of cocaine I left in there stuffed inside a bag of Bugles corn snacks please and thank you https://t.co/nJTAbfaDxe

— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) September 28, 2021

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I actually keep scissors with my weed stuff because all the packaging is a nightmare lol

— Tan Banana (@RealTanBanana) September 28, 2021

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“Check to see if any of your children’s candy are actually laced with THC. You don’t want to waste that shit on them.”

— Eric Olsen (@ericolsen0106) September 28, 2021

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More accurate story: Today two PA state reps introduced a bill to legalize weed for adults in PA. In response the Bensalem PD tweeted a pic of clearly labeled edibles & spread an old urban legend about drugged Halloween candy even though it’s September. https://t.co/UmEn2zHbvB

— Rey Estupendo (@ReyEstupendo) September 28, 2021

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*First Published: September 29, 2021, 7:48 am