2 Girls Hospitalized After Eating Marijuana Cookie

COVINA (AP) — Covina police say two children were hospitalized after eating a marijuana cookie they found on a kitchen counter, and their mother was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment.

Police Lt. Tim Doonan says the girls, ages 10 and 11, found the chocolate chip cookie in a baggie when they came home from school on Monday.

Doonan tells the San Gabriel Valley Tribune that the girls felt ill, complaining of numbness and pale, clammy skin, and were taken to a hospital where tests showed traces of marijuana.

Their mother, 33-year-old Veronica Sylvester, was arrested and remains jailed Wednesday on $100,000 bail.

Doonan says she told detectives that she got the cookie from a friend for medical purposes. But Doonan says the woman had no prescription for the drug.

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