STATESVILLE, N.C. — Six hospital employees in Statesville, North Carolina, got sick after a co-worker brought baked goods containing cannabis oil to work, police told WSOC-TV.
The incident happened on Sunday, March 19, at Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville. Police were called to investigate after the employees were treated in the hospital’s emergency department. Investigators tested the cookies and muffins and found that they contained THC, the psychoactive compound in cannabis.
Police said the hospital employees saw the baked goods in the hospital's kitchen after a co-worker’s family member made them. The co-worker brought them to work, not knowing the drug was in the baked goods.
Statesville police turned over its investigation to the District Attorney’s Office, which declined to charge the hospital employee because the employee was unaware of the cannabis oil in the baked goods.
Authorities said patient care was not compromised.
NEW: Police say 6 hospital employees got sick after worker accidentally brought cookies & muffins w/ cannabis oil in them to work. pic.twitter.com/1MLLK7DvFW
Liz Foster (@lizfosterWSOC9) April 4, 2017
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