{"id":105574,"date":"2024-05-15T12:05:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/eight-teens-taken-to-hospital-after-ingesting-marijuana-edibles-during-school-field-trip-authorities\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:05:52","slug":"eight-teens-taken-to-hospital-after-ingesting-marijuana-edibles-during-school-field-trip-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/eight-teens-taken-to-hospital-after-ingesting-marijuana-edibles-during-school-field-trip-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight teens taken to hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during school field trip: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-15\/LaBrea-response-2-abc-jm-240514_1715726554005_hpMain_16x9.jpg\" alt><figcaption>ABC News\/KABC-TV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(LOS ANGELES) &#8212; Eight teenagers got &#8220;acutely ill&#8221; and were transported to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>An on-site security officer found the sickened male and female students and called 911 around 2:30 p.m. PT Tuesday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LAFD Paramedics arrived quickly to determine each had an altered level of consciousness, following their reported ingestion of cannabis edibles,&#8221; LAFD said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The eight teens were transported by ambulance to area hospitals in fair condition for further assessment, LAFD said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear where the students attend school.<\/p>\n<p>The La Brea Tar Pits said in a statement on X that the high school students were on a chaperoned field trip to the famed paleontological research site when they fell ill and that their staff &#8220;acted quickly to assess the situation and seek medical aid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to first responders, their symptoms were caused by something the students ingested on their own, unrelated to their visit to La Brea Tar Pits,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We extend our care and concern to the students and their families and wish them a healthy recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News\/KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) &#8212; Eight teenagers got &#8220;acutely ill&#8221; and were transported to the hospital after ingesting marijuana edibles during a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, authorities said. An on-site security officer found the sickened male and female students and called 911 around<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/eight-teens-taken-to-hospital-after-ingesting-marijuana-edibles-during-school-field-trip-authorities\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}