Since Halloween 25 children have been admitted to various London and area hospitals with acute signs of sugar overdosing.

After a night of trick-or treating children go home with pounds of chocolate bars, lollipops and candy, only to gorge themselves on sweets.

“I love rockets and candy corn,” five-year Timothy Dugan said as he was stuffing his face with candy while being carted away on a stretcher.

Dugan, unbeknownst to his mother Valerie, had eaten an entire four-pound bag of Rockets in under thirty minutes on November 1. He washed it all down with not one, but two handfuls of candy corn, which doctors later revealed caused the overdose.

“Little Timmy's stomach just couldn't keep up with the constant flow of sugar and as a result he went into shock and started convulsing. Because of this overdose, Timmy was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes,” said Dr. Rick Manchester, who was treating the five-year old.

Mini chocolate bars have also caused overdoses in eleven of the 25 reported cases. Cadbury just recently doubled the sugar content in half of their chocolate bars to keep up with the increasing demand to satisfy our nation's sweet tooth.

Jennifer Randal, a spokes person for Cadbury, said parents should be monitoring their children's candy bar intake, instead of letting them “go nuts” after Halloween.

“I don't understand how parents could let this happen. Chocolate is OK in moderation, but parents should know that with Cadbury's new recipe a sugar seizure is a possibility.”

Valerie Dugan said her son, who weighs approximately 80 pounds, would be going on a strict diet as soon as he gets out of the hospital.

With reports of sugar overdoses, seizures and even one coma flying all over the city, parents have been throwing their children's treats in the garbage.

“We expect over $2 million worth of candy will show up at our site,” said London Garbage Superintendent, George Lefleme, said. “I think we will go through the bags and see what we can get out of it, cause I have a bit of a sweet tooth myself.”

Dr. Manchester is calling for a citywide ban of Halloween next year, due to the traumatic effects the overdosing had on the community.

“I think Halloween is the main cause for childhood obesity. These children should know that sugar is bad and there is no reason we should be just handing it out at our doors every October 31,” he said at council meeting last night.

There has been no word whether city council is considering the ban.

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