6 students sent to hospital after eating marijuana candy bars

By: The Associated Press

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RONKONKOMA, N.Y. -Authorities say six New York high school students who were checked out at a hospital had eaten a candy bar containing marijuana.             

School officials said Friday afternoon that the students from Sachem High School North on Long Island were all OK.              

Authorities said they went to a hospital as a precaution after consuming candy that made them “uncomfortable.” All were later released.              

Superintendent Dr. Ken Graham says the candy bar was prepackaged with a label indicating it contained marijuana.            

Officials say the candy bar had been brought to the school by a student.            

Graham says school officials are taking the incident “very seriously” and are reviewing the situation.

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