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Teen Girls Hospitalized After Marijuana Brownie Binge
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 27, 2010
Modified Nov 27, 2010
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 27, 2010
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There's another criminal bake sale story out of Chappaqua, where two scofflaw teens were busted for selling cupcakes and other baked goods in a public park without a license earlier this month. The latest incident kicked the criminality up a notch: a 16-year-old was arrested last week for selling marijuana brownies to two 13-year-old girls who ended up in the hospital. The Associated Press wins the prize for the corniest lede of the week: "Police say a suburban New York teenager has been arrested for trying out his own interpretation of the term high school." [Emphasis added, along with this sad trombone.]
Officials at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua called police at 1:30 p.m. on November 16th to report that the two girls were feeling dizzy and nauseated. "It was determined that two girls ate a brownie that had been laced with marijuana," Detective Sgt. James Wilson tells LoHud.com. "They ate it at the school, knowing there was marijuana in it, and felt sick shortly afterward."
The girls were rushed by ambulance to a Westchester Hospital, and were treated and released. The unidentified baker was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of criminal sale of marijuana. It's unclear whether the brownies were made improperly or if this was just a case of two inexperienced teens who didn't know enough to balance out their mellow with a little Four Loko.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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