ハロウィーンに大麻入りグミ配布、男女２人逮捕 カナダ

【オタワＡＦＰ＝時事】カナダ・マニトバ州ウィニペグで、ハロウィーンに大麻成分の入った菓子を子どもたちに配ったとして、男女２人が逮捕された。（写真はマリフアナ入りの菓子。資料写真）
　地元警察の２日の発表によると、６３歳の男と５３歳の女は先月３１日、菓子をもらいに来た６～１６歳の子ども１２人余りに、向精神作用のある大麻成分テトラヒドロカンナビノール（ＴＨＣ）を含んだグミを与えたとされる。
　バンクーバー郊外でも、ハロウィーンにＴＨＣ入りのキャンディーが配られ、そうと知らずに食べた子ども（１１）が体調を崩して病院に搬送された。このキャンディーがどの家庭で配られたものか、警察は特定できていない。
　カナダでは、嗜好（しこう）用の食用大麻とマリフアナを認可販売業者から合法的に購入できるが、対象は成人に限られる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/11/04-13:10）

Two Canadians have been arrested in Manitoba for handing out cannabis candy on Halloween, while a child in a similar incident in Vancouver ended up in hospital, police said.
The two adults, a 63-year-old man and 53-year-old woman, allegedly gave gummy candies laced with THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis, to more than a dozen trick-or-treaters ranging in age from six to 16, Winnipeg, Manitoba, police said Wednesday.
Cannabis edibles -- and pot -- may be purchased legally from licensed distributors in Canada for recreational use, but only for adults.
I'm upset that it happened, as a parent, Winnipeg Police Constable Dani McKinnon told a news conference. As a police officer, unfortunately, I'm not surprised.
Please check your candy bags, she urged.
The Winnipeg pair face 13 counts each of distributing cannabis to minors, distributing illegal cannabis, causing bodily harm and administering a noxious substance intended to endanger a life.
In a suburb of Vancouver, meanwhile, an 11-year-old child was taken to hospital on Monday after unwittingly eating Halloween candy containing THC and becoming ill.
Police in that case were not able to identify which household the candy may have come from.