Some Delta 8 gummies supplied by the Tobacco Hut chain have tested positive for fentanyl, and one product also included heroin, according to law enforcement officials in the Philadelphia area.
At a press conference on Friday, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and law enforcement representatives from three county townships revealed that lab testing had revealed the presence of fentanyl in some Delta 8 edibles sold at Tobacco Hut stores under the brand name Strictly Delta, and heroin, methyl fentanyl, and fentanyl in others.
Fentanyl tests on several varieties of Strictly Delta's Delta 8 THC 600 MG Happy Cubes were positive. According to officials, fentanyl tests on some edibles sold at Tobacco Hut locations under the brands Packwoods Coned and Urb Extrax were positive as well.
According to Steele, "People shouldn't eat any flavors of these Strictly Delta brands of CBD gummies." "Do not eat any of these gummies if you happen to have any." Tobacco Hut goods were linked to two non-fatal fentanyl overdoses, according to officials.
Spice, one of the names for a class of synthetic cannabinoids that are known to cause unpredictable and occasionally severe medical reactions in certain users, was also detected in several Strictly Delta products. Since the 2018 Farm Bill was passed and subsequent court rulings legalized cannabinoids produced from hemp, spice has been less popular.
"We're not the producers; we were the intermediaries. We obtained our goods legally and simply sold them," Tobacco Hut's operations manager stated to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Virginia-based chain of tobacco shops is called Tobacco Hut.
According to Ryan McNeil, a harm reduction researcher at Yale University's addiction medicine school, the Montgomery County situation is "really unusual," and he told the Inquirer that he was not aware of any such cases.
Customers should only acquire hemp-derived cannabinoids from manufacturers and sellers who can provide test results for the items they sell, as most states and the federal government do not regulate substances like delta 8 and delta 10 THC, HHC, or THCP.
Since THC-O doesn't naturally occur in hemp plants, the Drug Enforcement Administration has proclaimed it to be unlawful. THC-O is another cannabinoid generated from hemp.
