FORT PIERCE, Fla. — 4 center college college students in St. Lucie County have been taken to a hospital Thursday after it is believed they ate gummies that will have contained THC, a substance present in marijuana.
In a message to folks and guardians, Latricia Stubbs, the principal of Dan McCarty Center College in Fort Pierce, mentioned the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace and a faculty useful resource deputy investigated the “remoted incident.”
The 4 college students have been taken to the hospital “out of an abundance of warning” to obtain “medical consideration,” Stubbs mentioned.
Final month, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned 10 college students at Oak Hammock Ok-8 College in Port St. Lucie presumably ate gummies containing THC, and 5 of them have been hospitalized.
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THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is a medical compound discovered within the hashish plant that may have an effect on an individual’s psychological state.
“Any pupil who distributes, possesses, or is caught within the act of utilizing, admits to make use of, or is found to have used medicine, narcotics, or managed substances in the middle of an investigation will obtain penalties outlined within the Pupil Code of Conduct,” Stubbs mentioned in her message to folks on Friday.
These penalties can embody suspension, expulsion and/or an arrest.
In line with the Florida Poison Management Heart in Jacksonville, there have been 64 emergency calls statewide relating to THC edibles as of February of this yr. That is probably the most at the moment of the yr in comparison with another yr since 2018.
