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At least five children at a Colorado middle school were sickened after eating marijuana-infused edibles, The Denver Post reports. Authorities are unclear how the foodstuffs made their way into the school.
Assistant Principal Jennifer Lindberg says that at about 2:15 p.m. on Monday, several kids at Adams County Middle School in Commerce City began reporting feeling dizzy and nauseous. The kids later admitted to a school health practitioner that they had eaten so-called “edibles” — that is, candy infused with THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana.
School officials decided to send the kids via ambulance to an area hospital. Eight kids were taken, although it’s unclear, as of this writing, if all 8 were showing symptoms of having ingested the candy.
The rest of the kids at the school, who were not believed or suspected to have eaten the edibles, finished school as per usual and were sent home at the end of the school day.