Three 7-year-olds hospitalized after mistaking meth for candy at school

Three 7-year-olds hospitalized after mistaking meth for candy at school.

The alarming incident took place Monday at College Gardens Elementary School on Yale Place in Rockville, Maryland, where three youngsters went to the nurse complaining of dizziness.

“The investigation by detectives determined that a group of students found a container of blue items that they believed to be candy,” according to the Montgomery County Police Department.

The children briefly put what they thought were sweets in their mouths, but then spat them out and sought help.

The statement added that the incident occurred when the students found a container of blue items that they believed to be candy. The children then briefly ingested the items before they spat them out.

Police said when they started to feel dizzy, all three students went to the school nurse who called EMS. They were then transported to local hospitals as a precaution, added the statement.

All three patients have since been released home and are expected to be fine.

Although the container found by the children has not been recovered, investigators said that based on some of the victims’ toxicology reports, the substance the grader schoolers had ingested “may have been a methamphetamine related drug, such as Adderall or MDMA (ecstasy or Molly),” police said.

Though none of the items were recovered the police statement added that “based on toxicology of some of the victims, investigators believe that the items may have been a methamphetamine-related drug, such as Adderall or MDMA (ecstasy or Molly,).”

“I am relieved that the students will ultimately be fine, but in many ways, what happened today is frightening,” Montgomery County police chief Marcus Jones added. “I hope that it serves as a powerful motivator for parents to keep having the difficult conversations with their children about the dangers of taking or eating unknown substances.”