New Zealand charity distributes candies with potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine
A New Zealand charity that works with low-income people says it unknowingly distributed candies containing potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine.
A New Zealand charity that works with low-income people says it unknowingly distributed candies containing potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine.
A pineapple flavored candy filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine is displayed in Auckland, New Zealand, on August 13, 2024.Shaun Hill / New Zealand Drug Foundation via APThe Auckland City Mission said it was alerted on Tuesday when a person who had received a food parcel said it contained “funny tasting” sweets. It said the white pineapple candies, which bore the label of the Malaysian brand Rinda, had been donated in a sealed, retail-size package by an unidentified member of the public.
The New Zealand Drug Foundation, which tested the candies that were still on the premises, said each one contained about 3g of methamphetamine, up to 300 times the level someone might usually take.
“Swallowing that much methamphetamine is extremely dangerous and could result in death,” Executive Director Sarah Helm said in a statement.
The group said people who had started to consume the candies reported a bitter taste and feeling unusual.
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