Furious parents confront neighbors after kids given potent psychedelic gummies in Halloween bags

These kids almost had an unforgettable Halloween trip — due to some allegedly irresponsible adults.Two enraged fathers confronted adults in San Diego after they allegedly handed their Halloween-energized tykes mushroom gummies.The friends took their kids trick-or-treating in Ocean Beach and noticed when they got home that their kids had iridescent bags with psilocybin-laced candy in them.One bag had about 5 grams of psilocybin in it, enough to send anyone on a nauseating trip.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story So the two parents, Cameron Hunter and his friend Frank Carey, went back to the home they believed the kids got the mushrooms from and recorded their interaction.“These all have drugs in them,” one parent says to a woman standing with an open “candy” bowl.The woman feigned ignorance, saying, “I didn’t realize they were bad, I don’t know.”“They’re psilocybin mushrooms,” one of the men says, “like, [they’re] kids.”The candy package contains 10 500mg psilocybin gummies in a colorful package with a giraffe on it, including even a tropical flavor.

The parents say it’s too similar to regular candy.“The candy packaging resembled bespoke candy, so it was very similar to something you’d buy at a candy store,” Carey said.Cary said he noticed the unusual candy as his young child walked away from the house.“My 2-year-old went up and grabbed one and started walking away with it in his hand,” Cary told NBC San Diego.“I noticed the picture had a giraffe and words that looked like they were melting.

I took it out of his hand and saw that there was a dosage on the front of it.Five grams, [then I ] flipped it around and read ‘psilocybin mushrooms.’”The house has an unusual reputation in the neighborhood, the homeowner Shaw...