Edibles Passed Off As Candy, Brownies Laced With Drugs Sicken Students, Anger Parents

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Two students at Prince George's County Public Schools were unknowingly given treats at school that contained edibles — food infused with marijuana — and narcotics.

One student was an 11-year-old girl; the other a 17-year-old boy with autism. Both said they didn't know they were eating food containing drugs.

Skyy Swain told NBC Washington her son ate a drug-laced brownie that another student gave him at Parkdale High School in Riverdale.

“I didn’t feel anything. But when I got home — I don’t know how to explain it — it’s like a lot of emotions was just going in a big old circle,” Swain’s son said about how he felt that day.

A toxicology report revealed the teen had crystal meth, "molly" and Adderall in his system, along with other narcotics. Doctors told his mom he could have had a mental breakdown with that combination of drugs.

“I was scared that I could have lost my son,” Swain said. “That was the worst experience for me, because, you know, going to see my child there, at a psych ward, and you see a lot of things there with kids. It hurt me because at the end of the night, Tracee, I knew I couldn't take him with me."

The mother of an 11-year-old sixth-grader said her child was unknowingly given a drug-laced edible at James Madison Middle School in Upper Marlboro. Her daughter came home sick and fell into a deep sleep.

“Tuesday night, I get a call from another parent who tells me that their child told them about some candy that was being passed out that was edibles,” the mom told NBC Washington.

An at-home drug test showed the child had marijuana in her system.

“I shouldn't have to have my child peeing in a cup at the age of 11 and then having to explain all of this to her at 11,” the mother said.

Both parents said they weren't satisfied with the schools’ responses and one parent has hired an attorney.

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