Health Canada is recalling a brand of cannabis gummy sold in several provinces, due to inaccurate levels of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, listed on the packaging. <\/p>\n
According to a Health Canada recall alert<\/a>, packages of Wintermint Chillows cannabis extract and Cinnamon Chillows cannabis extract contain higher THC levels than what is stated on the pouches\u2019 label.<\/p>\n The recalled products were sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario. The alert warns that pouches in which the products were sold in contain over 10 mg of THC, and that there is significant unit-to-unit variability of THC levels between pouches.<\/p>\n \u201cThe elevated and inconsistent levels of THC in each pouch may make it difficult to make informed decisions regarding your cannabis use,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cThis may lead to over-intoxication and temporary adverse health consequences associated with THC overdose.\u201d<\/p>\n Some symptoms could include:<\/p>\n confusiondisorganized thinkingphysical and mental impairmentanxietyfear or panicdecreased blood pressureelevated heart rate<\/p>\n In some cases, THC overdose can also lead to psychotic episodes characterized by paranoia, delusion or hallucinations.<\/p>\n Anyone in possession of these recalled products is asked to stop using them, return them to the store where they were bought or dispose of them safely and away from where children or youth might access them. <\/p>\n Since 2018, when cannabis was legalized in Canada, several cannabis products have been recalled<\/a> due to incorrect THC values<\/a> listed on the label.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health Canada is recalling a brand of cannabis gummy sold in several provinces, due to inaccurate levels of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-190909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}