Fentanyl-Tainted Gummy Bears Sicken 5 Kids at Virginia School; Couple Charged in Case
Last Updated: Monday December 18, 2023
(USA Today) Two people have been arrested and charged after several Virginia fourth graders were sickened after eating gummy bears that had come in contact with the opioid fentanyl.
One of the students at Central Elementary School in Amherst, Virginia, on Tuesday brought a sandwich bag containing gummies and shared them with six classmates. Five of the students who ate them suffered nausea, vomiting, headache and muscle spasms, Amherst County Public School superintendent William Wells said Wednesday during a press conference about the incident.
Police tested the gummies and found no foreign substance, but testing of residue found in the baggie was positive for fentanyl.