Health & Fitness
11 Students Sickened, Taken To Hospital After Eating Marijuana Edibles At South Side Chicago School
The students got sick just after 2 p.m. at Fort Dearborn Elementary School, at 9025 S. Throop St. in the Brainerd neighborhood.
Updated on: May 14, 2025
Eleven students were taken to the hospital from an elementary school on Chicago's South Side Tuesday afternoon.
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The students got sick just after 2 p.m. at Fort Dearborn Elementary School, at 9025 S. Throop St. in the Brainerd neighborhood.
Police said 22 students ingested an unknown substance. Chicago Public Schools officials confirmed the pupils ate marijuana-infused "edibles."
