Elementary Students from Key Taken to Hospital After Eating Edibles at School

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“Gifted” not gifted! Should have used quotes

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Anonymous wrote:This could’ve been worse. There have been reported cases of adolescent deaths and consuming edibles. There are synthetic psychoactives and all kinds of stuff added.

That's a different conversation then.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

"My mom bought some special gummy bears that she says are extra delicious and for grown ups only -- want to try one??" <-- I totally believe this could have happened.

Yes, parents who eat edibles probably make a point of telling their kids that they're "extra delicious," that makes perfect sense. Makes about as much sense as "these eleven year olds thought it was gummy bears but ate exactly one each." You guys are pretzeling yourself into knots to avoid the obvious conclusion here.

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I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

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Anonymous wrote:Any tips for talking to kids about this? I don’t want my child scared to share candy offered by a close friend.

Our elementary school had a no shared food policy. This was due to allergies and dietary issues, at the time, but certainly applies today. Eat what I send you in to school with. Say no thanks to anything else. This is scary!

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I’m pretty cynical but I believe the kid who brought it to school didn’t know and hadn’t tried it. We don’t keep drugs at home, but if my 10 y/o DD found a stash of candy, she might just stick it in her backpack so as not to get caught eating it at home. To my chagrin, eating and sharing candy and gum at recess is very commonplace at her ES.

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Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

yeah as a formerly bad kid who definitely smoked oregano once after searching the whole house for pot … that’s not enough! you need a safe, or even just move to vaping or smoking. because a nosy bad kid can get in a LOT more trouble with a jar of edibles as compared to a baggie of weed.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty cynical but I believe the kid who brought it to school didn’t know and hadn’t tried it. We don’t keep drugs at home, but if my 10 y/o DD found a stash of candy, she might just stick it in her backpack so as not to get caught eating it at home. To my chagrin, eating and sharing candy and gum at recess is very commonplace at her ES.

My kid went through a phase of picking up dropped gummies and candy from the ground at school to eat
Do not discount the weirdness of 9-11 year olds!

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Hoping the kiddos are ok and didn’t have to stay overnight at the hospital!

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

"My mom bought some special gummy bears that she says are extra delicious and for grown ups only -- want to try one??" <-- I totally believe this could have happened.

Yes, parents who eat edibles probably make a point of telling their kids that they're "extra delicious," that makes perfect sense. Makes about as much sense as "these eleven year olds thought it was gummy bears but ate exactly one each." You guys are pretzeling yourself into knots to avoid the obvious conclusion here.

If an adult is consuming these gummy edibles in front of their child, then the child is likely seeing that the adult only takes one at a time. Understandable that the child would follow that example and only give one to each of their friends.

Careful what you do; children will see.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

"My mom bought some special gummy bears that she says are extra delicious and for grown ups only -- want to try one??" <-- I totally believe this could have happened.

Yes, parents who eat edibles probably make a point of telling their kids that they're "extra delicious," that makes perfect sense. Makes about as much sense as "these eleven year olds thought it was gummy bears but ate exactly one each." You guys are pretzeling yourself into knots to avoid the obvious conclusion here.

If an adult is consuming these gummy edibles in front of their child, then the child is likely seeing that the adult only takes one at a time. Understandable that the child would follow that example and only give one to each of their friends.

Careful what you do; children will see.

Eh if I only eat one cookie in front of my child, that doesn't lead my child to only eat one cookie. If my child thinks they can get away with having two cookies, they will definitely eat two cookies.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

"My mom bought some special gummy bears that she says are extra delicious and for grown ups only -- want to try one??" <-- I totally believe this could have happened.

Yes, parents who eat edibles probably make a point of telling their kids that they're "extra delicious," that makes perfect sense. Makes about as much sense as "these eleven year olds thought it was gummy bears but ate exactly one each." You guys are pretzeling yourself into knots to avoid the obvious conclusion here.

If an adult is consuming these gummy edibles in front of their child, then the child is likely seeing that the adult only takes one at a time. Understandable that the child would follow that example and only give one to each of their friends.

Careful what you do; children will see.

Careful how hard you stretch to believe that sweet innocent would never be interested in trying drugs kids are being raised by completely irresponsible drug fiends who partake in front of their kids while bragging about how delicious their special candy is. Like, this line of reasoning never made sense to begin with but it's getting fascinating to see how far you'll carry it. What's next, a dispensary CEO pried open each kid's mouth while they wept "but I'm not allowed to share snacks!"

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Anonymous wrote:I have edibles at my house and my oldest is in 4th grade (different school) and here’s my 2 cents: I believe parents have to be very careful where they put edibles and when they use them. These things look exactly like candy, and eating one in front of a kid but trying to explain it away is never going to work. Of course the kid is going to be curious.

I also think it is entirely possible that a 5th grader wouldn’t necessarily know they were edibles as opposed to maybe general candy or “special” candy but not understanding what makes them “special.” The info on the outside of the packages doesn’t say “THIS IS WEED” in huge letters. Would a 5th grader know that THC or delta 9 is actually pot?

Mine are hidden in my closet and I only use them after my kids are in bed. They have never seen me eat one and have never seen the jar—and I would know if they had because they would’ve asked me a million questions and are generally rule followers so they know to stay out of our bedroom in the first place. In addition, and most importantly IMO, mine came in a jar with a child-resistant lid (like what you see on a bottle of Tylenol). Even I have a hard time opening it. And it’s easy to put edibles in an empty Tylenol or other bottle with a child-resistant lid if they didn’t come that way.

Of course, those safeguards are only good until they’re not. Hearing about what happened at Key is a good opportunity for me and other parents to give careful thought to where we store our edibles and when/how we use them at home. I hope those parents of the kids involved are rethinking things and I hope those kids are ok!

yeah as a formerly bad kid who definitely smoked oregano once after searching the whole house for pot … that’s not enough! you need a safe, or even just move to vaping or smoking. because a nosy bad kid can get in a LOT more trouble with a jar of edibles as compared to a baggie of weed.

Oregano! Haha! I am not going to smoke or vape but I hear you on ensuring the edibles are truly inaccessible to the kids! I already have another idea about what I could do to make sure they can’t ever get them.

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I was a super goody two shoes kid and even I searched through my parents closet just to see what kinds of things grownups had! Of course my parents were even more straight laced than me so it was a short and boring search.

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Anonymous wrote:I was a super goody two shoes kid and even I searched through my parents closet just to see what kinds of things grownups had! Of course my parents were even more straight laced than me so it was a short and boring search.

or they hid it real well

this reminds me that I need to start keeping track of my booze. I actually did first try drinking at around 11 out of curiosity. I snuck gallo red wine from the big jug and creme de menthe from way back in the cubboard on a Saturday afternoon. I puked and never drank again really until I graduated from college.