Anti-drug coordinator warns new sweets containing psychoactive substances being sold to kids

National anti-drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil warned in a press release on Tuesday of new sweets and confectionary products which contain psychoactive substances being marketed to children. Mr. Vobořil said that offering and marketing these products to minors was highly unethical and urged manufacturers and sellers of products containing HHC to review their practices and withdraw these products from the market. He warned that if they did not comply, the state would have to react much more forcefully.

Products containing the new semi-synthetic cannabinoid substance HHC, which has effects comparable to THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, are currently being offered for sale without any quality standards or regulation on who they can be sold to, as the new Psychomodulating Substances Act, which plans to regulate such matters, has not yet been passed. It is currently in its second reading in the lower house.