Look closely: These snacks contain THC and are dangerous to kids

NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME

HOME.

>> DRUG-LACED SNACKS THAT COULD

BE MARKETED TO YOUR CHILDREN.

IT'S HAPPENING IN NORTH

CAROLINA. BUT THIS MORNING WE

LEARNED ABOUT A MAJOR SWEEP

THAT TOOK AT LEAST SOME OF

THOSE PRODUCTS OFF THE SHELVES.

WR AS BRIAN SHRADER HAS THE

PICTURES OF THE PACKAGING AND

WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW,

RIGHT WHERE THEY JUST A COUPLE

OF WEEKS AGO, A 4 YEAR-OLD IN

VIRGINIA DIED AFTER

INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT HE ATE A

LARGE AMOUNT OF THC INFUSED

GUMMIES.

>> THC IS WHAT GIVES MARIJUANA

ITS NARCOTIC EFFECT. AND

EDIBLES ARE NOT LEGAL IN NORTH

CAROLINA, BUT SOME OF THE

PRODUCTS, AS YOU SEE HERE,

FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THE

STORES. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME

OF THESE PICTURES OF SOME OF

THE ITEMS SEIZED RECENTLY IN

A STATEWIDE SWEEP. THEY LOOK

SIMILAR TO WELL-KNOWN SNACK

BRANDS LIKE JOLLY RANCHERS AND

FRITOS. BUT THESE ARE

COUNTERFEITS AND ALL OUR THC

INFUSED GUMMIES AND SNACKS.

SECRETARY OF STATE ELAINE

MARSHALL SAID THAT HER OFFICE

SAW THIS TREND COMING. DID SOME

TRAINING WITH POLICE JUST A

COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND THEY

RECENTLY SEIZED MORE THAN

$225,000 OF PRODUCTS FROM

STORES ALL OVER NORTH CAROLINA.

>> PARENTS NEED TO BE

CONCERNED. I MEAN, IF THEY ARE

CONSUMING THIS BY THEIR CHOICE,

THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT

IT IS ABSOLUTELY WERE PETS AND

KIDS CANNOT GET A HOLD OF IT.

>> MARSHALL SAYS YOU NEED TO

LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THE

PACKAGING. THEY WILL BE MARKED

AS HAVING THC OR BEING AN

EDIBLE. BUT THOSE SYMBOLS CAN

BE HARD TO SEE. AS FOR THE

MERCHANTS SELLING THOSE

PRODUCTS THAT YOU SAW, MARSHALL

SAID THIS WEEK WAS AN

EDUCATIONAL EFFORT. BUT IF

UNDERCOVER OFFICERS FIND THESE

PRODUCTS ON THE SHELVES AGAIN,

THE STORE OWNERS COULD FACE

CHARGES.

IT IS AMAZING HOW THOSE

PACKAGES LOOK SO MUCH LIKE THE