The woman and a friend ordered the sweets - also known as gummies - to her Ilford home via a messaging app
A 23-year-old woman has died after eating a synthetic cannabis sweet that was delivered to her door.
They each ate one sweet and immediately felt unwell. Both were taken to an east London hospital, where the woman died on Saturday.A man has been charged with possession with intent to supply Class B synthetic cannabinoid, being concerned in the supply of a synthetic cannabinoid and possession with intent to supply a psychoactive substance.A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course; tests have been conducted on a number of sweets recovered by the police.
They are aware of one potentially linked case in which a woman was taken unwell earlier in March after eating a cannabis sweet in Tower Hamlets. She was taken to hospital and later discharged.Inquiries are ongoing to establish whether this sweet was part of the batch of sweets associated with the woman's death.
"Please do not buy or consume these products. They are illegal and, because of the child-friendly packaging, they can pose a risk of accidental consumption," he said.
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