Preschool Teachers Sickened By Pot Brownies
Categories: In The News, Weird But True, Alcohol & Drugs
Buyer beware: Brownies you buy at bake sales might be more than you bargained for. Credit: olya, Flickr
When several teachers became sick after eating the treats last April, public health investigators suspected that it might be more than just a case of food poisoning, according to a report in The New York Times.
One of the teachers purchased the homemade goodies and brought them to work to share with her colleagues. After eating the brownies, the adults suffered from giddiness, dizziness, dry-mouth -- and the munchies.
Wait a minute. Aren't brownies supposed to cure the munchies? Not in this case: a piece of leftover brownie tested positive for traces of cannabis, according to a report published Sept. 4 in The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Stella Folgeman, author of the report, told The Times that the teachers had no experience with marijuana and that they didn't like the effects they experienced.
"They didn't know they were eating pot brownies, so it's not the same symptoms as someone who deliberately ate them at a party and got high," Folgeman told the newspaper.
Of the two teachers who sought medical attention after the inadvertent bacchanal, one tested positive for TCH, the active ingredient in marijuana metabolite. All of the teachers have since recovered.
The church bake sale turned out to be a street vendor who sold the psychedelic baked goods for $1.50 a piece. Los Angeles, be warned: He's still at large, so unless you're looking for a party, make your own brownies at home.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Annie 9-15-2009 @ 10:47PM
Oh please, spare me! They had "no experience" with marijuana? Come on! At least ONE teacher in that bunch had to have at least SMOKED weed before. And I don't care how chocolate-y the brownies were or whether or not they had nuts or caramel or anything else in them; no way did they not notice the herbal taste there. At the very least, they had to notice they tasted funny and being teachers (and quite likely parents as well, at least some of them) they would also know the signs/symptoms of BEING STONED OUT OF YOUR MIND. I feel bad some people went to the hospital but buying them at a church bake sale? I'm thinking that teacher needs to be removed for intentionally drugging people against their will. If you're going to bring anything baked to any work event, either have it come from a local bakery business (a legal one), or make them at home with all ingredients listed.
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Cortney 9-16-2009 @ 1:15PM
Might I say my first inclination is very similar. PULLLEEEEZZZE. O yea, and "giddiness, dizziness, dry-mouth -- and the munchies" totally equate to "sickness" in my book....NOT. I'm beginning to wonder if this story is real, come to think of it...
Glorious 9-16-2009 @ 5:18PM
To the two ditz comments above, not everyone has tried pot. People with any sense at all do not mess with that sh!t. Those who say they can unwind after a "hard day" and "take the edge off" with a joint and not hurt anyone are in denial. YOU CHANGE and not in a good way. I've met too many people who have had to go through Rehab for help with this "harmless" plant. Legalize it??? Great! Then we could triple our traffic fatalities and have shambling useless jobless people shuffling the streets.
The pot smokers I used to know were complete jerks, all the while telling themselves they were fine and no one could tell and they needed to TAKE THE EDGE OFF. Edge off of what? Life? Duh.
Pot is addictive and it is harmful and it kills brain cells. So you "fabulously hip incredibly cool" deluded people who smoke it, keep dreaming...better yet, tape yourself and listen next day to how idiotic you sound and look. Visine doesn't help.
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catmoewwoof 9-22-2009 @ 12:12AM
what a buzz kill you suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ty_glitchblade 10-02-2009 @ 12:50PM
you need some mental help. ive smoked marijuana since i was 12 and its done nothing but help me become a more productive member of society. it helped me get through depression, treated my epilepsy, suppressed my social anxiety disorder and i no longer have obsessive compulsive disorder. All of my friends smoke marijuana, everyone here does actually. All of them are employed, and have their own house and being able to find a job here, is next to impossible, yet they manage. Does that sound like they are useless like you claim pot makes one become? You know maybe those pot smokers you know were jerks to you because of your totally narrow ignorant minded biased outlook on their lifestyle, maybe you should try to read up on some facts before you try to attempt an opinion. i'd be a jerk to you too.