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Marijuana Gumballs Known As 'Greenades' Circulating in Some High Schools |
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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 27 July 2006 |
 It seems that even marijuana growers are health conscious these days. While tobacco use continues to decline in North America as a direct result of laws and legislation that prohibit smoking in public places not to mention the growing awareness of the health risks associated with puffing on a cigarette, some marijuana growers and dealers have concluded that marketing their product for use in the traditional rolled cigarette joint will lead to eventual sales declines.
Enter the gumball. These gumballs however are not your typical candy-coated chewing gum but instead are packed with as much as 1 gram of high-grade marijuana. Following the recent discovery and seizure by Maryland police of two weed-packed yellow gumballs imprinted with a happy face, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in May of this year released an Intellingence Alert Bulletin titled, "Greenades" (Marijuana Gumballs) in Howard County, Maryland.
According to the DEA and the Maryland State Police-Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory, each gumball is bright yellow with a happy face on one side and a " bored hole filled with greenish-brown vegetable matter" on the opposite side. The two gumballs were individually wrapped in tin foil which contained a label. Printed on the label is the word 'Greenades' and an image of a marijuana leaf. Toward the top of the label is printed '100% Pure Marijuana Extract'.
Also on the label can be found detailed instructions on how to use the gumball: “Take 30mins -1 hr before you would like receive your high” (and) “Chew for as long as possible, then swallow.”
Police are warning the public that Greenade gumballs contain enough THC to kill smaller children and caution parents to be on the alert for innocuous-looking hard-coated candies which could be brought into the home by drug-using older children. |
