COSTA MESA, Calif. – Seven elementary school students are recovering in Costa Mesa after they took a bite of a marijuana brownie that a boy brought to school. The kids are all aged 10 to 12.
Now, parents, school officials and police want to know where the boy got the pot-laced brownie. Costa Mesa police say they’re talking with the parents of all seven kids who got sick from that brownie, including the parents of the boy who brought it to school.
Most of the children who went to the hospital with dizziness, vomiting and nausea, have been released to go home from the hospital.
Now begins an investigation into how that 5th-grader got a marijuana-laced brownie, which he shared with six other kids.
Alejandro Rodriguez said his cousin, the only girl who took a bite, went to the hospital feeling very ill. “She’s throwing up, and she’s feeling kind of high and doesn’t remember anyone, supposedly,” Alejandro said.
I – Word Understanding
Marijuana – also known as Cannabis; addictive plant
Pot – another term for marijuana; other terms: Blunt, dope, ganja, grass, herb, joint, bud, Mary Jane, pot, reefer, green, trees, smoke, sinsemilla, skunk, weed, hash, tea, chronic, 420
Feeling high – a psychological feeling after using a drug which makes a person loose control of his body functions
II – Have your say
1.Marijuana is a plant so, it’s natural. Natural is always good. Is marijuana good? According to studies, marijuana can cause a long lasting, negative impact on your brain.
2.In recent studies, marijuana is found to be very helpful in treating some health problems, like pain relief. Should patients be granted access to medicinal.marijuana?
3.In Colorado and Washington , marijuana is legalized for medical purposes.
018 Elementary students rushed to hospital after eating marijuana-laced brownies
