7 students ate gummy bears from a bag that tested positive for fentanyl and fell sick. Now 2 people have been arrested | CNN
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Two people have been charged in connection with the case of seven Virginia elementary students who fell ill after eating gummy bears from a bag that later tested positive for fentanyl, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic baggie that later tested positive for the potentially deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

At first, it seemed the students were having an allergic reaction to something they ate Tuesday, Amherst County Public Schools said. The sheriff’s office conducted a field test of the bag, which had “a positive reaction for fentanyl,” the school district said.

“Preliminary investigation shows the students ingested gummy bears from a plastic baggie. In that baggie contained a residue, and the residue tested positive for fentanyl,” sheriff’s spokesperson Lt. Dallas Hill told CNN.

  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
    12·
    11 months ago

    If I’m reading it correctly, the gummies didn’t have fentanyl in them, the bag was reused and had traces of fentanyl in it that got onto the gummies.

    • MuhammadJesusGaySex@lemmy.world
      10·
      11 months ago

      While not impossible. It’s still extremely improbable in my opinion. I don’t think people understand just how small a hit of fentanyl is. In my experience $20 give or take depending on how good your relationship is with your dealer gets you 1/10 of a gram. Now keep in mind that when they say a lethal dose of fentanyl is the size of a few grains of salt. That they are talking about PURE fentanyl. What you get on the street is far from pure.

      Then there is how you buy it. I have almost never bought fentanyl that came in a whole ass baggy. When it did it was still tied up in the corner. Opiate addicts are SERIOUS about getting every last crumb out of the bag.

      Like even when you buy a gram of dope for between $150 and $200. That still comes tied in a corner baggy. And that’s a good amount of dope.

      These reasons and more lead me to believe that this situation is improbable, but not impossible.

      Here is a 1/10 of a gram of pink salt lightly coating the head of a dime for those that don’t know.

      If it’s true then either they are morons moving weight, or really bad addicts and somehow nobody noticed.

      Edit: I want to apologize for my grammar in this comment. I was cooking dinner and playing Badurs Gate 3 when I typed this. I fixed the most egregious mistakes, but lack the energy to fix them all.