{"id":2060,"date":"2019-09-05T21:26:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T01:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2019-09-05T21:27:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T01:27:08","slug":"polk-high-schoolers-taken-to-hospital-arrested-after-taking-ecstasy-dissolved-in-juice-polk-county-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/09\/05\/polk-high-schoolers-taken-to-hospital-arrested-after-taking-ecstasy-dissolved-in-juice-polk-county-deputies-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk high schoolers taken to hospital, arrested after taking ecstasy dissolved in juice, Polk County Deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5120.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2061\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four Lakeland teens were taken to Lakeland Health Thursday\nafter they ingested ecstasy dissolved in water, Polk County Sheriff\u2019s deputies\nsaid. Two of those teens also were arrested on drug charges, the sheriff\u2019s\noffice said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the suspects, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested on\ncharges of with possession of MDMA, possession of MDMA with intent to sell and\npossession of Alprazolam without a prescription. A second 14-year-old boy faces\na charge of possessing the anxiety medication without a prescription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teens were arrested after deputies responded to reports\nabout a student who took \u201can unknown type of drug\u201d at George Jenkins High\nSchool in Lakeland, the sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to deputies, one of the 14-year-olds gave a water\nbottle containing juice and MDMA to another student, a girl. When deputies\nsearched both suspects\u2019 backpacks, they found several Alprazolam pills, which\nthe second 14-year-old said they found on the side of the road along with \u201ca\nsmall crystalline rock in a baggie.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three students and another student who said she handled\nthe water bottle but did not drink the juice, were sent to Lakeland Regional\nHealth Center to be treated for exposure to ecstasy. One of the girls was held\nat the hospital for observation, but neither girl was charged, the sheriff\u2019s\noffice said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two suspects, who authorities said tested positive for\namphetamines, were taken to Polk Juvenile Assessment Center after being\nreleased from the hospital. Neither had been previously disciplined this school\nyear, deputies said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Lakeland teens were taken to Lakeland Health Thursday after they ingested ecstasy dissolved in water, Polk County Sheriff\u2019s deputies said. 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