Well, that's one serious mix-up! A Canadian pharmacy says it unknowingly handed out bipolar medication along with candy [1] to trick-or-treaters this weekend. According to the Québec City pharmacy, a customer accidentally dropped her son's prescription medicine when leaving the store. Another customer picked it up and placed it next to the Halloween [2] candy basket. An employee then mixed the individually wrapped pills in with the candy to distribute to kids.

The pills are said to be Quetiapine — an antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and depression — and Divalproex sodium — an anticonvulsant used to treat seizures and the manic phase of bipolar disorder.

Canadian police are assuring parents that their kids will be safe, even if they ingest the medication. Common side effects listed for the pills include dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness [3] and vomiting, sleepiness or unusual drowsiness, and paranoia [4] — oh, and suicidal thoughts.

I don't know about you, but if we visited that pharmacy on Halloween, I'd be triple-checking my kids' candy right about now!