The amount of methamphetamine in each lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take and could be lethal.
A potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine has been found in lollies distributed by a New Zealand food bank.
Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the lollies — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in lolly wrappers.The amount of methamphetamine in each lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take and could be lethal, according to the New Zealand Drug Foundation — a drug checking and policy organisation, which first tested the lollies.
No one was hospitalised and Ms Robinson said the "revolting" taste meant most had immediately spat them out.
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