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Mar 17, 2022, 1:28am<\/span>Updated 31m ago<\/span><\/p>\n

By: <\/span>News 12 Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

New information has been released about a disturbing drug trend in schools, as officials now say a dozen students in Orange County overdosed on marijuana-based products in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n

Crawford Police Chief Dominic Blasko says three teenage students suffered seizure-like symptoms in front of their frightened classmates last week at Pine Bush High School after overdosing on drugs. <\/p>\n

“One was in the hallway, one was in the bathroom, and one was in the classroom,” says Crawford Police Chief Dominic Blasko. <\/p>\n

Blasko says the students ingested a range of products that are widely available to adults, including marijuana, CBD and synthetic marijuana. <\/p>\n

District officials say the substances were ingested before the students arrived to school<\/p>\n

“The warning here is very stern. You don’t know what’s in these substances. Be careful,” says Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. <\/p>\n

Hoovler says he’s concerned students and adults are minimizing warnings since it involves marijuana or THC. <\/p>\n

“When a 13- or 14-year-old is in an emergency room and is nauseous and has a headache and their blood pressure is low \u2013 that’s an overdose,” says Hoovler. <\/p>\n

Hoovler says students required medical intervention in all of the cases but are now OK. <\/p>\n

Authorities hope the incidents are taken seriously, especially ahead of prom and graduation season when officials say there’s normally a spike in teenage substance abuse.<\/p>\n

“As parents, educators and law enforcement, we have to try to convince them to minimize those bad decisions and that’s what our warning is all about,” says Hoovler. <\/p>\n

Pine Bush High School is hosting a community forum on teenage substance abuse. <\/p>\n

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