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• Auckland City Mission in New Zealand is trying to recover more than its reputation after the charity accidentally distributed fake candy that was actually chunks of methamphetamine, The New York Times reports.
The candies looked like individually wrapped pineapple sweets and had been donated by a member of the public, said Helen Robinson, the group's chief executive.
Each block of meth weighed about 3 grams, packing up to 300 doses of the drug -- enough to potentially be lethal.
Three people were treated after tasting the candy, but it was so unpleasant they didn't eat the whole thing.
Auckland police were hoping to recover all the candy and were looking into the origins of the donation. [NY Times, 8/14/2024]