11 Chicago Elementary Students Hospitalized After Consuming THC-Laced Edibles

Eleven kids from a Chicago elementary school on the South Side were taken to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after eating what police said were marijuana treats.

The kids at Fort Dearborn Elementary School, which is at 9025 S. Throop St. in the Brainerd neighborhood, were sick just after 2:00 p.m. Kimberly Porter, the director at Fort Dearborn, told the parents in a letter.

“We think the member of our community may have eaten or drunk the unknown substance if it was in the form of “edibles,” which are foods or drinks made with cannabis or other illegal substances,” Porter said. “Any kind of illegal substance is not allowed at our school. We encourage you to talk to your child about the health risks of eating things that are not meant for them and to remind them not to eat something if they don’t know where it came from.”

Right before 2:00 p.m., someone called to say that several kids had overdosed, and ambulances rushed to the school.

According to the cops, 22 kids ate treats that turned out to contain THC. Eleven out of the 22 kids needed medical help.

Parent Ethel Allen of Fort Dearborn Elementary School said, “I really would like to know where they got the products from because it’s not easy to get, like you can just go to the corner store and they’ll give it to a child, so there has to be an adult involved.”

“How did it happen, why, and who brought it? Those are the same questions everyone else should have,” said Ora Knowles, whose nephew goes to Fort Dearborn Elementary.

Wheeling, a city in the northwest suburbs, police said that over the weekend, a woman named Dagmara Rouse sold chocolate treats at a nearby park. The kids, whose ages ranged from 2 to 9, were taken to a nearby hospital.

It is a misdemeanor for Rouse to do twelve things.

There are also worries about kids and edible weed from Supt. Nikolai Vitti of the Detroit Public Schools Community District in Michigan.

“About once a week, we have an incident with the edibles where a child has to go to the hospital,” Vitti said.

Vitti asked lawmakers to change the way sweets are packaged and labeled and to make more people aware of them.

To keep kids from getting their hands on sweets, Colorado already has laws that say they can’t look like people, animals, or fruit.

“Why would you bring it to school?” Knowles asked.

Parents at Fort Dearborn Elementary School in Chicago say that the adult should be held responsible in the end.

Allen said, “You need to watch what you leave out and have around your kids.” You parents need to pay attention.

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