Authorities said that just one or two pieces could get an individual high, but some consumed entire packages, which contained roughly 20 pieces.
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“What likely happened is whoever passed these out did not give the people any instructions”.
At least 24 people experienced bad reactions Saturday at a concert here after ingesting a substance laced with THC, the mind-altering substance found in marijuana, authorities say.
Authorities reveal 24 people were hospitalised after eating the free sweets, but were released after being treated with overdose antidote naloxone. Do not cut, copy or lift any content from this website without our consent.
Even so, some victims were treated with naloxone, a medication that blocks the effects of opioid overdoses.
After being detained, Gross reportedly let sheriff’s deputies search his backpack, where they found two bags of the candy, in addition to bags he had on his person.
On Saturday, a man began tossing out bags of colorful sweets at around 11 am, according to Maj.
Ohio Dreams is an action sports summer camp at 3495 Tugend Road in Butler.
The 2016 EST Fest was in Butler- about an hour northeast of Columbus. They only felt exhausted, among other unusual symptoms.
The rest of the candy was tested by police, and Masi said that the crime lab director had never seen such a high dose of THC.
“The third annual E-S-T music festival went wrong Saturday when numerous concert-goers possibly overdosed on drugs”.
The festival was headlined by Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
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Ambulances loaded with victims started arriving at OhioHealth in nearby Mansfield around 4 p.m., said hospital spokeswoman Nikki Workman.
