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People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates

By: Beth Mole
7 June 2024 at 22:13
A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of flavors.

Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of flavors. (credit: diamondshruumz.com)

Various federal and state health officials are sounding the alarm on Diamond Shruumz-brand Microdosing Chocolate Bars. The candy, said to be infused with mushrooms, has been linked to severe illnesses, including seizures, loss of consciousness, confusion, sleepiness, agitation, abnormal heart rates, hyper/hypotension, nausea, and vomiting, according to an outbreak alert released by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday.

So far, eight people across four states have been sickenedβ€”four in Arizona, two in Indiana, one in Nevada, and one in Pennsylvania, the FDA reported. Of the eight, six have been hospitalized.

"We are urging the public to use extreme caution due to the very serious effects of these products," Maureen Roland, director of the Banner Poison and Drug Information Center in Phoenix, said in a press release earlier this week.

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