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Six children were hospitalized Wednesday after ingesting candy now believed to have been cannabis-infused at a Boys & Girls Club in Lauderhill, Florida, according to multiple reports.
In one of the emergency calls, the caller explained, “A 6-year-old female brought in edibles, then fed them to the kids," reports7News Miami.
Once the police and firefighters arrived at the club on 5455 NW 19th St., two of the children were treated at the center and released to their parents. The remaining six were transported to the hospital in stable condition for further evaluation. They have since been released from the hospital, police said.
A club representative confirmed withNBC 6Wednesday that three of the children were feeling better and returned to the afterschool center.
The children who ingested the candies were between the ages of 6 and 8, reports NBC 6.
One of the children who ingested the gummies brought them to the center and shared them with the other seven children, a Boys & Girls Club representative confirmed to NBC 6.
All parents were notified of the incident and there are now “no concerns” for the health of the children, Lauderhill police said in a statement. Their investigation is ongoing and the substance the candy was “potentially infused with” remains unconfirmed, police said.
“There is currently no pending charges in regards to this incident,” police said.
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The recent incident joins the 443 calls to Florida’s Poison Control Centers regarding exposures to marijuana edibles, with 37.5% having occurred in children 5 or younger in 2023, Florida Poison Control Center in Miami spokesperson Wendy Stephan said, reports theSouth Florida Sun Sentinel.
According toChildren’s Hospital Colorado, when children ingest too much cannabis they can suffer serious health problems, including confusion, hallucinations, fast heart rate and vomiting, while in severe cases, children can experience trouble breathing or enter comas.
A spokesperson for the Lauderhill Boys and Girls Club didn’t immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
