An Oifig

Green Day for Zoe

💙💚Just to let you know that we raised €2000 for Zoe💙💚
A huge thank you for your generosity; we will add this donation to Zoe’s Appeal. CBS is truly a fantastic community, thank you for your continued support

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is urging parents and guardians to be extremely vigilant to the dangers of their children getting access to and eating confectionary, particularly jelly sweets, containing significant amounts of the psychoactive cannabis component called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

The FSAI has become aware of reports about the availability of THC-containing jelly sweets in schools in Ireland and therefore, parents and guardians are asked to speak with their teenagers alerting them to the dangers if they eat them or if their younger siblings get access to them and subsequently suffer the serious consequences of consuming a toxic substance

This warning comes amid the ongoing seizures of these illegal food products by the Gardaí and Customs services, and a number of serious medical incidents whereby these THC-containing jelly sweets resulted in teenagers and young children suffering serious adverse health effects requiring hospitalisation. These jelly sweets are packaged to look like popular brands of jellies and have been found to contain toxic amounts of THC (up to 50mg/jelly).  Depending on the concentration of THC, eating one of these jellies can  mean an equivalent intake of THC that is 5-10 times higher than that inhaled from a single cannabis cigarette. Also, unlike the almost immediate effects of inhaling THC (smoking or vaping), ingesting THC through these jellies can take up to 30 minutes for any effects to be felt. However, while waiting for those effects, those who have eaten these products may overdose in the mistaken belief that they need to eat more sweets in order to feel the effects. Of particular concern to the FSAI is the inadvertent consumption of these jelly sweets by small children who may somehow gain access to what looks and possibly tastes like ordinary sweets. Unfortunately, given access to a bag of these jellies, children will rarely eat just one and therefore, overdosing is a very likely outcome as witnessed by the hospitalisation of a number of seriously ill young children in the early part of 2021.

Please click the link for additional information contained in a leaflet issued by the FSAI

NTDF Leaflet 181021

 

 

Jersey Day in aid of GOAL

**Update: We raised €650, thank you for your support**

We want to draw your attention to Jersey Day on Friday 8th October in aid of GOAL. We are encouraging everyone to donate €2 to the charity. We want everyone in the CBS community to wear their colours for the day. Don’t worry if you don’t own a Jersey; a sports top will be perfect too!

Jersey Day Competition – GOAL Global

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