JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Several students from Twin Lakes Academy Middle School were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.School officials say at least six students got sick from eating the gummies. JFRD said five were taken to the hospital.
“The problem especially with a gummy format, is that when children get their hands on them, do you know how many gummies they usually take? All of them,” McCormick told Action News Jax. This is a trend McCormick says he is seeing across the country, and even locally. According to Florida Poison Control, nearly 800 children were exposed to hemp-based products in the state last year. In 2016, there was only one exposure to a child.Twin Lakes Middle School students ingested ‘unknown gummy substances,’ some were taken to hospital
Action News Jax law and safety expert Dale Carson says both the parent and child could face legal ramifications.