According to local CNN affiliate WLS, officials have confirmed that 13 Naperville North High School students were hospitalized Tuesday after eating gummy bears that were allegedly laced with marijuana. “This candy made the students both uncomfortable and sick,” Superintendent Dan Bridges said, adding the students experienced increased heart rates,

dizziness and dry mouth. Police said the gummy bears were believed to have been laced with a “liquid-based marijuana substance” but have been unable to confirm. Investigators are attempting to determine how the gummy bears were distributed in the school. A 17-year-old students was detained and later released to his parents in connection with the investigation, CBS Chicago reported. READ MORE


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