The recall of Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies has sparked concerns that the product contains psychoactive cannabinoids
A cannabis product could be to blame for more than six people being hospitalised with symptoms including seizure-like twitching, vomiting and hallucinations after consuming gummies marketed as containing mushrooms, according to experts.by Food Standards Australia New Zealand after reports of hospitalisations in New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup A University of Sydney postdoctoral researcher, Dr Jack Wilson, said it was hard to say what was in the gummies without proper testing, but he guessed the effects had something to do with hemp or an unlisted harmful fungi.
“Out of 100 customers, 100 of them have reported the effects,” one message read. “HHC has effects similar to THC and psilocybin at the same time.”Others who claimed to have consumed the products shared their experiences on Reddit this week . One said they had expected a “little bit of a mellow” but instead “unexpectedly tripped and it was hectic”.
“Neither of the fungi listed on the packet are associated with the side effects reported in the media reports but it is possible the fungi in the product are not the ones listed.” Drug harm reduction program DanceWize NSW’s lead, Tim Powell, said there had been a sharp increase in the number of gummy sellers using Instagram to find customers over the past few years.
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