Bad pot reaction sends teenage library patron to hospital

A 17-year-old boy who reportedly suffered a bad reaction to marijuana while at the Castaic Library was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital on Thursday.

Paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded at 1:37 p.m. to a medical call at the Los Angeles County Library on Sloan Canyon Road in Castaic.

The boy was treated by paramedics, Fire Department Supervisor Cheryl Sims said, and he was taken to the hospital by private ambulance.