Pre-teen kids in Oshawa bring pot-laced snacks to school

Pot cookies meant for adult with medical marijuana licence ended up by mistake in student’s backpack

OSHAWA, Ont An Ontario police force is hoping to educate parents after kids brought marijuana-laced snacks to the same elementary school on two separate occasions.

A Grade 6 student brought homebaked pot cookies to the Oshawa, Ont., school on May 14 as a treat, Durham regional police said.

After eating the cookies, four students — aged 11 and 12 — reported feeling “dizzy and euphoric,” police said Tuesday.

Investigators said they have learned that a parent had made the cookies for their spouse, who has a medical marijuana licence, and the cookies ended up in the student’s backpack by mistake.

In a “completely separate” incident involving other kids the week before, THC-laced gummy bears were consumed in the same elementary school, police said.

Four kids in Grades 7 and 8 — aged 12 and 13 — reported feeling dizzy and euphoric after eating a gummy bear one of the students brought, they said.

Investigators said they don’t yet know how the student got the gummy bears, as they were not made at home.

Police said they’re investigating the incidents, and have also taken the time to educate parents about “the dangers and risks of consuming psychoactive chemicals at such an early age.”

The Durham District School Board describes the incidents as “isolated” and said a police youth officer continues to monitor the situation.

The school board said Tuesday in a release that its schools “work proactively to educate students on the negative effects of drug use, misuse and abuse.”

“Drug use by students is a serious matter and is dealt with as such through progressive discipline and police intervention as necessary,” it said.