DHHS says they’re seeing an increase in patients going to the emergency room for serious symptoms like hallucinations, seizures, altered mental status, rapid heartbeat, and loss of consciousness; which aren’t common for the oil.

State Health Director Betsey Tilson, M.D says the number has doubled from what they’ve seen in the past.

Since December, there’s been more than 30 reported cases both DHHS and Carolina Poison Center have been investigating.

That number doesn’t include military bases like Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune, which are also seeing an uptick says Tilson.

“So there’s a lot of CBD oils under a lot of different name brands and marketing. We’re also seeing this across the state so it’s not just one geographic concentration that we can highlight, it’s forcing it across the state so it’s really hard. We have not figured out if it’s one specific brand, if it’s one specific contaminant.”

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