Three people have already been hospitalized after popping methamphetamine-laced candies that were accidentally distributed to the homeless by a well-meaning New Zealand food bank.
A New Zealand food bank is scrambling to track down a stash of potentially lethal packages of meth-laced candies that were accidentally distributed to the homeless.
So far authorities have recovered 16 of the faux candies but the charity has reached out to as many as 400 people who may have unknowingly received them. “We want to make it clear that Rinda Food does not use or condone the use of any illegal drugs in our products,” the company’s general manager, Steven Teh, said in a statement.Dramatic footage captures the tense moment Ukrainian soldiers ambush, take out Russian forcesAccording to the New Zealand Drug Foundation, which first tested the candies, each package has up to 300 times the typical dose of methamphetamine, which can make them seriously deadly.
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