大麻類似成分、２２日にも指定薬物に　グミから検出「ＨＨＣＨ」―武見厚労相

　「大麻グミ」を食べた人が嘔吐（おうと）するなど健康被害が相次いでいる問題で、武見敬三厚生労働相は２０日の閣議後記者会見で、大麻の成分に似た合成化合物「ＨＨＣＨ」（ヘキサヒドロカンナビヘキソール）を２２日にも医薬品医療機器法の指定薬物に追加する方針を明らかにした。早ければ１２月２日にも規制対象となり、所持や使用などが禁止される。
　大麻グミを巡っては、摂取した人が体調不良を訴えるケースが相次いだことから、厚労省麻薬取締部が１７日、東京や大阪の販売店などを立ち入り検査した。その結果、都内の１店舗のグミから、大麻の有害成分に似たＨＨＣＨが検出されたという。（2023/11/20-12:28）

The Japanese government plans to ban the possession and use of hexahydrocannabihexol, or HHCH, a cannabis-like synthetic compound, except for medical purposes, health minister Keizo Takemi said Monday.
   The move comes after some people who ate gummy candies possibly containing substances derived from cannabis complained recently about health problems. HHCH was detected in a gummy candy sold at a shop in Tokyo, according to the health ministry.
   The ministry plans to add HHCH to the list of drugs whose production, sale, possession and use are prohibited except for medical purposes as early as Wednesday, Takemi said at a press conference. The ban is expected to take effect as early as Dec. 2.
   "We'll warn the public against consuming so-called cannabis gummies because they are dangerous," Takemi said.