Manitoba RCMP are investigating after three students, ages five to nine, became ill after eating cannabis-laced gum.
According to RCMP, officers were called to an elementary school in Shiloh, Man. after receiving a report that three children had become ill during the school day on Wednesday.
Mounties said one of the children had to be taken to hospital by ambulance, while the other two children were taken to hospital by their parents. All three were treated and later released.
Investigators determined that the children had inadvertently ingested cannabis-infused gum on the school bus.
“At this point, we believe a child brought the food onto the bus and shared it with the other children thinking it was candy,” said Corporal Julie Courchaine of the Manitoba RCMP in a media release.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing. RCMP said they are working with the school and parents who were affected.
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