Edible-THC gummies suspected of sickening 19 at quinceañera party

Gummy-ring candy laced with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, is the suspected culprit in a weekend incident in which 19 people fell ill at a quinceañera party in the Mission District, San Francisco health officials said Monday.

Partygoers who ingested the candy Saturday night reported symptoms including heart palpitations, high blood pressure, dizziness and nausea.

The city’s Public Health Department said the quinceañera, a party traditionally celebrating the 15th birthday of Latinas, had been catered by an Oakland company.

The department would not identify the company but said it was cooperating with a police investigation.

Paramedics were called to the Women’s Building on 18th Street just after 10 p.m. Saturday when people started feeling sick.