Gone are the days when kids would get a thrill by swiping one of their dad's cigarettes and choking on it behind the shed. Now we apparently do mushrooms.
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Via local news, this is apparently the new way of doing things:
More than a dozen kids at a New Jersey summer camp got sick after eating chocolate they did not know was laced with magic mushrooms, police said.
A counselor at a YMCA summer camp on North Arlington Avenue in East Orange noticed a camper passing out candy to others Thursday morning, according to police. Soon after, one of the campers who ate one of the suspected edibles started complaining about not feeling well.
Not long after that, 12 more kids were experiencing similar symptoms. One child was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Now, I know what you're thinking, because I thought it too: Where does a kid get "chocolate ... laced with magic mushrooms"?
But evidently these are legitimate manufactured products. One of the bars was made by a place called "Silly Farms" (of course), and another may have come from a Virginia-based business called the "Polkadot Shop."
Polkadot's bars have actually been found to contain the real thing, psilocybin and psilocin.
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The "whoppers" consumed by the children reportedly touted their psychedelic properties on the label:
The edible maker said three pieces will stimulate the mind, but referred to eating 10-15 pieces as 'God Mode' where 'walls will melt.'
It needs pointing out, of course, that it's highly unlikely a kid could get his hands on these drug-laced candies on his own. It's pretty much guaranteed that the camp-goer swiped this junk from his parent or parents and brought it to distribute to his camp-mates.
As one parent put it:
There is enough blame to go around, you know, because at [sic] 11-year-old kid can't buy these things.
Local police said they "have identified a suspect in the case, but no charges had yet been filed." An investigation is ongoing.
What a trip!
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