Student Suspected of Giving Teacher Pot-Laced Cookie

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Birmingham police are awaiting toxicology results before deciding whether to file charges against an 18-year-old Seaholm High School student suspected of giving a teacher a pot-laced cookie.

The teacher, who has not been identified, became ill after eating the cookie and was taken by relatives to Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital, where he was treated and released, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Both the cookie and a sample of the teacher’s blood are being analyzed, Birmingham Police Chief Don Studt said.

Seaholm school officials said the suspected food tampering was an isolated incident, and the district is conducting its own investigation.

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“I want to reassure you that our Seaholm students are outstanding young men and women,” Seaholm Principal Rachel M. Guinn wrote in an e-mail blast sent out Friday. “I see evidence of that every time I walk the halls or visit a classroom. The actions of one individual, while troubling, do not represent our wonderful school.”

It’s unclear how it was determined the cookie might contain marijuana.

A physician, who did not treat the teacher, told WDIV-TV edible marijuana is absorbed differently than marijuana that is smoked, creating side effects that are much more dramatic.

“You’re getting a much bigger dose over a longer period of time, so you could be absorbing it for three or four days on a brownie or cookie,” said Dr. Lawrence Dell, a physician at Lakes Urgent Hospital. “It’s like someone who never drank alcohol all of a sudden drank a fifth of whiskey.”

Once toxicology results are received, the student could be charged with tampering with food, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.