JB in so cal
09-07-2006, 08:48 AM
30 Sickened In Berkeley Marijuana Cookie Incident
(BCN) BERKELEY Some 13 young people were sent to the hospital with severe medical symptoms after ingesting what they thought were marijuana cookies at a University of California at Berkeley student housing cooperative Wednesday night, UC Berkeley police Lt. Doug Wing said.
Berkeley and Alameda County firefighters responded to the Cloyne Court co-op at 2600 Ridge Road at about 8 p.m., Alameda County Fire Department Battalion Chief Dan O'Hara said.
They found a group of about 30 people ages 18 to 25 suffering shortness of breath, racing heartbeats and anxiety, he said.
O'Hara said about 13 of them were sent to the hospital and two more were treated at the house after reportedly eating the marijuana-laced cookies.
According to Wing, police don't know if the cookies were laced with some other drug or if they simply ingested too much, but police are treating the situation as a criminal investigation at this time.
O'Hara said he believes more than marijuana was in the cookies based on the symptoms.
(BCN) BERKELEY Some 13 young people were sent to the hospital with severe medical symptoms after ingesting what they thought were marijuana cookies at a University of California at Berkeley student housing cooperative Wednesday night, UC Berkeley police Lt. Doug Wing said.
Berkeley and Alameda County firefighters responded to the Cloyne Court co-op at 2600 Ridge Road at about 8 p.m., Alameda County Fire Department Battalion Chief Dan O'Hara said.
They found a group of about 30 people ages 18 to 25 suffering shortness of breath, racing heartbeats and anxiety, he said.
O'Hara said about 13 of them were sent to the hospital and two more were treated at the house after reportedly eating the marijuana-laced cookies.
According to Wing, police don't know if the cookies were laced with some other drug or if they simply ingested too much, but police are treating the situation as a criminal investigation at this time.
O'Hara said he believes more than marijuana was in the cookies based on the symptoms.