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South Jersey Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Eating Marijuana Gummies South Jersey Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Eating Marijuana Gummies
South Jersey Middle Schoolers Hospitalized After Eating Marijuana Gummies Four Camden County middle school students were treated at a hospital after they ate marijuana gummies, authorities said. A student at Phifer Middle School in Pennsauken brought the gummies from home on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14 and shared them with other students, Pennsauken Schools Superintendent Ronnie Tarchichi said in a letter to parents.  Staff noticed the students seemed to have erratic behavior and sent them to the nurse, the superintendent said. The nurse sent four students to the hospital. Three of the students were back at school Friday, while the fourth stude…

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by Jon Craig
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No One Is Giving Your Kids Pot Edibles For Halloween -- Even If They Ask For It No One Is Giving Your Kids Pot Edibles For Halloween -- Even If They Ask For It
No One Is Giving Your Kids Pot Edibles For Halloween -- Even If They Ask For It Halloween 2021 is bringing the usual warnings from authorities to be on the lookout for nefarious strangers giving kids pot edibles that look like candy -- but how much of it is (a) based in reality and how much is (b) fear mongering? The answers: (a) none of it and (b) all of it. The true danger lies in people believing urban legends, says Snopes.com, a site dedicated to debunking them.  “You are more likely to summon Beetlejuice by saying his name three times than you are to find marijuana edibles in your children’s Halloween candy,” NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri told Marijuana …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles? Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles?
Halloween Hysteria: C'mon, Do You Really Think Anyone's Giving Trick-Or-Treaters Pot Edibles? Halloween 2021 is bringing the usual nationwide warnings from authorities to be on the lookout for nefarious strangers giving kids pot edibles that look like candy -- but how much of it is (a) based in reality and how much is (b) fear mongering? The answers: (a) none of it and (b) all of it. The true danger lies in people believing urban legends, says Snopes.com, a site dedicated to debunking them.  “You are more likely to summon Beetlejuice by saying his name three times than you are to find marijuana edibles in your children’s Halloween candy,” NORML Executive Director Erik Altieri told…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Child Welfare Authorities Probe House Party Suspected In Bergen High School COVID-19 Outbreak Child Welfare Authorities Probe House Party Suspected In Bergen High School COVID-19 Outbreak
Child Welfare Authorities Probe House Party Suspected In Bergen High School Covid-19 Outbreak State child welfare authorities are investigating a reported incident that occurred at a Harrington Park house party that preceded a COVID-19 outbreak among at least a dozen students at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. Harrington Park Police Chief Albert Malouf said Tuesday that he couldn’t confirm allegations that a 15-year-old boy who attended the Tappan Road bash on March 13 passed out after consuming a marijuana edible. “The juvenile in question was reported to have been picked up by a parent prior to the officers' arrival,” March 13, the chief said. Police were unab…

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by Jerry DeMarco