Shatter drug made of marijuana extract looks like 'toffee'

Sudbury police say they've recently seized a quantity of a drug called shatter a potent pot extract that gives users a powerful high.

The drug is a concentration oftetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC, which is the ingredientin marijuana that produces a high.

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When itshowed up in Stratford, Ont., apolice officer told CBC news that shatter can contain 70 to 80 per cent THC, which is well above the five-to-eight per cent of a typical marijuana joint.

A healthcare worker with Rseau Access Network inSudbury said she's been researching the effect of the drugin case it becomes an issue in the city.

Kaela Pelland said the drug is produced insmooth, clear sheets that looklike "toffee."

"You can grab it and hold it and it's light. Then you would, say, smash it and it would shatter and that's where the name comes from," she said.

Peoplebreak up sheets of the drug and smoke the shards,and can become dependent on it, Pellandsaid.