US bride and caterer arrested for allegedly drugging guests with cannabis

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61181606

US bride and caterer arrested for allegedly drugging guests
with cannabis

Published 2 hours ago

The arrests came some two months after officials were called to the wedding to assist guests who said they felt as though they had been drugged.

Danya Svoboda and caterer Joycelyn Bryan face charges of tampering, negligence and delivery of marijuana.

Officials made the arrests after testing food and drinks from the party.

The wedding occurred on 19 February in the city of Longwood, in central Florida.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Florida...but of course.

[lindysalsagal]

2. Ok. I know I'm gonna get slammed for this, but

too many idiots decide that "legal" equals "harmless." I know many people can manage a bit of weed in their lives, but I really don't like the idea that people are going around stoned all the time. Call me old-fashioned.

[Effete Snob]

3. That's an awful thing to do

I like to get high as much as the next guy, but I would imagine it would be very upsetting to people who have not voluntarily decided to do so.

[haele]

4. Sorry, not cool.

Not everyone might have a good reaction to THC, especially if they aren't expecting the experience.

This is just as bad as spiking the punchbowl with a bottle of grain alcohol.

Great for giggles until someone gets seriously sick.

Haele

[lame54]

5. No hiding the taste of grain alcohol...

If you continue after the first taste you're all in

[Mr.Bill]

6. I've been dosed with Everclear in a fruity drink

and never tasted it.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. That's Inaccurate

As long as the ultimate dilution is the same as that of a typical light cocktail (mai tai, screwdriver, gin & tonic, Tom Collins, et al) the alcohol taste would be identical.
Most distilled spirits are created at much higher proofs than what is ultimately bottled.
Everclear is just a secondary distillation step to separate ethanol for water, after the beverage level distillation.
The 95% is the maximum achieved because of the ethanol/water azeotrope.
Once distilled this way, some is sold as reagent, some as medical, and some as potable.
For industrial use (by far the highest volume) the ethanol is denatured. The most common denaturants are methanol (3A) & a mix of t-butyl alcohol & denatonium benzoate (40B). The latter has those 2 things in there as an emetic & a bitter, respectively. (Denatonium benzoate & saccharide are the 2 most bitter substances known.). This denaturation eliminates the liquor tax.
For use in fuel, the denaturant is actually gasoline. Typically CDA19 which is around 3% gasoline.
I've been in a few manufacturing sites that make potable & industrial grade ethanol. They volumes are pretty astounding.

[MagickMuffin]

7. Without the consent of the people was irresponsible, What if the guest get drug tested

They could very well lose their job and not even know why

Not cool

[Chainfire]

8. What they did was just wrong. Not to mention that recreational pot is still forbidden here.

I have nothing against pot, I smoked a boatload of it, but they had no right to decide, for their guests, about whether to imbibe or not. For someone who might have a job interview with a drug test, that could be a career killer. They may have gotten people high who were planning to pick up the kids and drive home. In effect, they poisoned their guests. I would throw the book at them.

[Phoenix61]

9. Really, really not cool. nt

[babydollhead]

10. once, I made brownies

one little pan wth some pot grond up and sprinkled on top, and a large pan, for the dinner party.
I offered the pot one to a friend and she took a little piece. then she put it on the serving table, and she and another friend cut a serving out and ate it. I had been taking little pieces of the pot brownies for awhile. then all but the two who ate the brownies were left at my house and I started feeling very dizzy, nauseous and sick. I said,
we have eaten too many pot brownies now you both have to sleep over. instead, they gathered their belongins and left. I got very ill, throwiing up,very sweaty, worried i was having a stroke or a heart attack. I couldn't stand up to splash my face with cool water from the sink. I thought i was going blind. then I crawled to bed and laid down to die. In the morning, I was back to normal. My body metabolizes pot in a way that is unpleasantly too much.

[tymorial]

11. This is complete horseshit

What were they thinking? They don't know everyone's medical condition. Could someone be sober and trying to avoid any mind altering substance?

Setting aside that, how about they have no right to drug someone without consent? Jesus Christ.