Minnesota Company behind “Death by Gummy Bears” marijuana edibles accused of selling products 50 times more powerful than allowed

The Minnesota pharmaceutical board filed a civil lawsuit this week alleging that a cannabis retailer sold edible products containing more than 50 times the state’s legal limit for THC. The retailer, a business conglomerate called Northland Vapor, was specifically accused of violating Minnesota’s edible cannabinoid laws with marijuana items marketed under its “Death by Gummy Bears” and “Wonky Weeds” product lines.

An ongoing investigation by the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy and U.S. Food and Drug Administration is examining complaints about the company’s “Death by Gummy Bears” edibles, including a report that suggests at least one person died after consuming the products, according to the pharmaceutical board. The FDA has not determined whether adverse reactions reported by consumers were caused by the “Death by Gummy Bears” edibles, but notes on its website that products containing delta-8 THC, like these gummies, “have not been evaluated or approved by the FDA for safe use in any context.”

The pharmaceutical board and FDA raided the manufacturing warehouse in Moorhead, a western Minnesota city near the border with North Dakota, at the beginning of November and allegedly found close to 150,000 packages of THC products whose drug contents were much more potent than state laws allow. [Read More @ CBS News]