Elementary school students hospitalized after classmate distributes sleep aid

    CBS 3 is reporting that several children at a Kensington elementary school have been taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.


    CBS 3
    is reporting that several children at a Kensington elementary school have been taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

     

    Philadelphia police have charged a 13-year-old girl for improperly distributing Ambien, a sleeping aid, to classmates at H.A. Brown Elementary School. After taking the drug, several students reported feeling ill, and witnesses say the children looked disoriented and required assistance leaving the school.

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    There is no word yet on the condition of the students.

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