Pubdate: Thu, 18 Jan 2018
Source: Tampa Tribune (FL)
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OFFICIALS: 5TH GRADER MISTAKENLY GAVE POT CANDY IN SCHOOL

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Officials at an Albuquerque charter school
say a fifth-grader mistook her parents' medicinal marijuana for candy
and passed it out to other students.

KRQE-TV in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reports the Albuquerque School of
Excellence student handed out the pot edibles last week before
teachers noticed her acting strangely.

Kristy Del Curto, Dean of Elementary Students, says that student also
complained she couldn't see.

Del Curto says three students ate one gummy and the student who passed
out the candy ate three or four pieces.

Pot gummies can be two to 100 times more potent than traditional
marijuana.

Del Curto says school officials called 911 and paramedics monitored
all the students to make sure they were not having dangerous reactions.
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