CLEVELAND — Students at Anton Grdina Elementary School were given suspected marijuana-laced gummy bears, according to Cleveland Police.
The gummy bears were given to 14 students, but it’s unclear if all of the students ate the candy. It’s also unclear how many of the students may have gotten ill.
Police units and EMS have both responded to the school, according to a Cleveland Police spokesperson. Nine children were taken to University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital by EMS. Those students were the following ages:
Five sets of parents refused transport by EMS, Cleveland Police said.
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The Anton Grdina School is on Cleveland’s east side, in the Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood. The school houses preschool through 8th grade, according to its website.
In early January, Shaker Heights Schools had to investigate a similar incident, with students reportedly handing out “edibles” (food laced with marijuana) at the middle school. Initial tests on the gummies actually came back negative for marijuana, a school official told Patch.
Patch will update this story as information becomes available.
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