US EditionMother Charged After Children Ate Her THC Gummies, Were Hospitalized: DA
Candice Hickson faces neglect charges after her children under 8 consumed legal THC hemp gummies and were hospitalized; both were released within 48 hours, officials said.
- Last week, Candice Hickson is being charged with child neglect and endangerment after her two children consumed THC hemp gummies and were hospitalized, leading to their removal from her custody.
- Hickson told officers the children reached the gummies when she went to the bathroom and she did not know how many were eaten, while THC hemp gummies are legal for adults 21 and older in Tennessee.
- Her bail is set at $25,000, prosecutors say Candice Hickson failed a methamphetamine test, and her children were placed under Tennessee Department of Children's Services custody.
- Frederick Agee, District Attorney General, said his office will prosecute within the letter of the law while balancing treatment help for Candice Hickson, who is expected at Gibson County General Sessions Court on Dec. 16.
- When officers arrived, both children were unresponsive; they were taken to Le Bonheur Hospital in Memphis and released within 48 hours, and Frederick Agee said no deaths are linked solely to legal Hemp THC gummies.
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The mother, Candice Hickson, faces charges of neglect and child danger, while authorities investigate the case
His lack of vigilance has cost him the custody of his two children. Candice Hickson, an American woman living in Tennessee, was arrested after the hospitalization of her children under the age of eight. Both had consumed gummies with THC and hemp. It was the mother of the family who called 911 last week. Upon their arrival, the rescue found the children unconscious. Candice Hickson explained that they had been able to pick up candy while she was…
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Mother charged after children ate her THC gummies, were hospitalized: DA
A Tennessee mother is facing a criminal charge and her two children were removed from her custody after investigators said they consumed her THC hemp gummies.
Two children aged 2 and 4 were hospitalized after eating candies at THC. Their mother, Candice Hickson, was arrested and charged with neglect. The facts took place last week in the...
Mother charged after children ate her THC gummies, were hospitalized: DA - Regional Media News
(TENNESSEE) - A Tennessee mother is facing a criminal charge and her two children were removed from her custody after investigators said they consumed her THC hemp gummies, leading to their hospitalization. The children, both under the age of 8, have been placed under the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children's Services after their mother failed a drug test for methamphetamine, according to the district attorney general. Candice Hickso…
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