4yo boy hospitalized after eating Halloween candy; then his parents checked the sweets: ‘Wouldn’t wish this kind of situation on any other family’

A four-year-old boy in Québec, Canada, has been hospitalized after eating Halloween candy that his stepmother alleged contained cannabis. The stepmother warned other parents to be aware of the candy their children had brought home from trick-or-treating last month.

Rebeka Lefebvre said that she brought her stepson, four-year-old Mylan, to the hospital on Thursday after he ate chocolate and began to feel ill. According to CTV News, Lefebvre said that Mylan had told her that the chocolate had tasted weird, and she noticed that he was drooling. However, when taken to the hospital, the nurse allegedly told the family that Mylan seemed fine, and they were discharged.

As they were leaving, Lefebvre said that Mylan collapsed to the floor and began to cry. According to her, the young boy’s heart rate also shot up and a urine test detected traces of THC, a chemical which is found in cannabis and produces the high in those who consume it.

The provincial police force for Québec, the Sûreté du Québec, have since become involved in the investigation into the incident. “I certainly wouldn’t wish this kind of situation on any other family” Lefebvre said in an interview.

“I think it’s appalling that people are capable of doing things like that. It’s not supposed to happen,” she added. The step-mother also said that the family “were filled with questions, anxiety, and stress, and fear. There were so many emotions overwhelming us at the sight of our child like that.”

Lefebvre thinks parents should check their kids’ Halloween candy

Although Lefebvre said that she checked Mylan’s Halloween candy for anything dangerous or potentially harmful, she claimed she found nothing out of the ordinary. She has since warned other parents on social media, advising them to remain vigilant towards what their children were bringing home. She also said that she had received some negative responses from individuals who blamed her for the incident.

Lefebvre isn’t the only parent to allegedly have their children exposed to candy disguised as drugs on Halloween. Last week, parents called out a home in San Diego that they claimed had put psilocybin mushroom gummies in a bowl on their porch, which their kids picked up on Halloween.

Consuming drugs at such a young age can pose a threat to a child’s health, according to Dr Christopher Labos, a cardiologist at McGill University Health Centre, who said that a child who consumes a high enough dose “can actually develop seizures, lapse into a coma, and sometimes even die.”

Mylan has since returned home and is recovering from the incident.