Cake containing cannabis was served to children and staff at a school in Eskasoni, N.S., on Friday, according to police.
Cake containing cannabis was served to children and staff at a school in Eskasoni, N.S., on Friday, according to police.
In a news release, Nova Scotia RCMP say a molasses cake was believed to have contained THC — the intoxicating component of cannabis.
One adult was sent to hospital shortly after eating the cake on Friday. A number of adults and children later sought medical attention after feeling ill.
Some tested positive for THC. Those include Kate Augustine’s eight-year-old daughter, who attends the Eskasoni Immersion School, which has children from kindergarten to Grade 4. Eskasoni is about 40 kilometres southwest of Sydney, N.S.
Pale and sweating
“I was really angry and I’m hurt that that happened to her,” Augustine said. “I’m just happy she didn’t have a really bad anxiety attack or a heart attack.
“It is really scary. I couldn’t even think about it because I was crying.”
Augustine said her daughter was pale and sweating after school on Friday.
“I asked her what was wrong and she just kept telling me she was tired