Five students hospitalized after eating edible marijuana gummies at Florida high school

Five students in Florida were hospitalized after ingesting marijuana gummies on school grounds.

On Wednesday, fire rescue crews responded to Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale after reports that several students were experiencing adverse reactions to THC-laced gummy candies, according to NBC Miami News.

Each student was transported to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment.

‘Out of an abundance of caution, emergency services were contacted immediately and students received appropriate care,’ a Broward County Public School spokesperson told CBS News.

Authorities have not yet determined who brought the edibles onto campus, where they originated or how they made their way into the school.

‘I don’t put anything past any child, but the bottom line is she was drugged. I’m going to press charges,’ Tshura Jones, a mother of one of the students, told WSVN News.

Jones, whose 14-year-old daughter is a freshman at the school, said she received a text just before 9:30am from her daughter pleading to be picked up early.

Her daughter told her she wasn’t feeling well after eating a piece of candy another student had handed her in class.

Five students in Florida were hospitalized after ingesting marijuana gummies at Stranahan High School in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday

Tshura Jones (pictured), whose 14-year-old daughter is a freshman at the school, was notified that her daughter wasn’t feeling well after eating a piece of candy another student had handed her in class

Fire rescue crews responded to the school after reports that several students were experiencing adverse reactions to THC-laced gummy candies

Each student was transported to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment out of an ‘abundance of caution’

In the frantic message, Jones’ daughter wrote: ‘I took one of the candies and right now, I’m feeling like I wanna pass out.’

She immediately told her to head straight to the nurse’s office, warning her that the candy she’d eaten wasn’t just candy – it was most likely laced.

Jones’ daughter, whose identity her mother asked WSVN to keep private, said she had no idea what she was eating, only that it tasted like a normal sweet treat.

‘They pulled out something in a green bag and it tasted like candy,’ she told the outlet just moments after being released from the hospital.

‘There was a girl who passed out in the classroom,’ she added. ‘I was so scared.’

She described the sensation as an ‘out-of-body experience,’ and soon, other students in the classroom began to realize the candy had been laced with marijuana.

‘It’s like different colors and it looked like regular candy,’ student Brandon Jordan told WSVN. ‘But 10 minutes later, they just passed out.’

All of the teens are expected to be okay, including Jones’ daughter, who was treated for nausea.

Authorities have not yet determined who brought the edibles onto campus, where they originated or how they made their way into the school

All of the teens are expected to be okay, including Jones’ daughter, who was treated for nausea (stock)

Although Jones’ daughter and several other students now face suspension and other disciplinary action, the incident rattled them so deeply that some are now afraid to return to school

While the incident was a frightening wake-up call for parents, Jones said she hopes the scare serves as a reminder for families to watch what their children bring to school – and to help prevent anything like this from happening again.

‘I used to work in a rehab facility. I know fentanyl, these drugs, she could’ve had that and that would’ve been it for my daughter,’ Jones told the outlet.

‘Why bring drugs to school?’ she added. ‘You come here to learn.’

The district also encouraged parents to have a conversation with their children about the potential consequences that can come out of of incidents like this.

‘Parents are reminded to speak to their child(ren) about not sharing or eating food or candy that does not come from home and to report anything concerning to a trusted adult,’ the district spokesperson told CBS.

Although Jones’ daughter and several other students now face suspension and other disciplinary action, the incident rattled them so deeply that some are now afraid to return to school.

‘It’s disheartening because now she’s telling me she doesn’t want to come back,’ Jones added. ‘I don’t feel safe sending her to school.’

In a statement to The Independent, the school district said that the incident is being handled and the high school ‘will take appropriate action based on the outcome of this investigation.’

As of late Wednesday evening, officials have not revealed any new details about where the edibles came from or how they were brought onto campus.

The investigation remains ongoing.