NECN 1/27/12: Cheeba Chew, looks and feels like Tootsie Roll, same as smoking a joint. It’s called Cheeba Chew. It looks and feels like a Tootsie Roll, but it’s a far cry form a piece of candy. “One Cheeba Chew is like smoking a joint,” said Wayland, Mass. police officer Shane Bowles. That’s because it contains “THC”, a component of marijuana. The chews are produced and sold as medical marijuana in California and Colorado, where it’s legal. Here in Massachusetts, it is not.