Student Hospitalized after Ingesting Suspected Edible Marijuana at The Prout School

South Kingstown police are investigating after a student fell ill after eating suspected edible marijuana at The Prout School on Thursday.

Det. Lt. Alfred E. Bucco III told the Providence Journal that police seized a portion of the edible marijuana for testing by the state Department of Health.

Head of school at Prout, David Estes, said in a statement that several students got sick after eating something brought in by a student or students.

“The Prout School immediately contacted authorities and took steps to make sure that all students were safe,” Estes said.

The school, a private Catholic co-ed school on Tower Hill Road, is conducting an investigation and school officials said it is likely one or more students will be punished.

The incident unfolded Thursday after the school notified police that a student went home sick after eating some kind of food item. Later, an ambulance was dispatched to the school for a report of a student having a reaction to something they ate.

Meanwhile the school is grappling with another, unrelated incident involving a teacher.

Estes said that the teacher was placed on leave “pending an investigation of an alleged altercation between that teacher and student.”

No criminal charges have been filed at this time.