5 students OD on pot gummies

Several children at a Mulberry, Florida, middle school overdosed on THC-laced gummies after a 12-year-old student handed them out in class, authorities said.

Polk County Sheriff ’s Office officials said the boy somehow acquired a package of gummies containing 100 mg of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main mind-altering ingredient in cannabis, and gave it to six other seventh-graders during gym class at Mulberry Middle School on Thursday.

At least five of the students were transported to a hospital after experiencing stomach pain, dizziness and nausea, and Sheriff Grady Judd said one of them had “all but passed out.”

The child who handed out the gummies at school now faces seven felony charges for possessing and distributing marijuana.

Ten states and the District of Columbia have legalized the recreational use of marijuana for adults — but not in Florida, and never for children.

The boy who handed out the gummies in Florida told investigators at least two different stories about how he got them, but said he did not eat any, the sheriff said.

It’s unclear whether he understood that the gummies contained THC.

The boy will be charged with one count of possession of marijuana resin and six counts of distribution of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school - all felonies - as well as one misdemeanor count possession of paraphernalia, authorities said.