Senior Citizens Who Ate Pot Brownies at Funeral Were Enjoying Their Late Friend's Choice Dessert

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The three senior citizens who unknowingly gobbled down brownies containing medical marijuana at a mutual friend's memorial service on Saturday were victims of one of their late friend's favorite treats. After the unsuspecting trio - an 82-year-old man and two 71-year-old women - indulged, all three were hospitalized within an hour of each other after experiencing "nausea, dizziness and inability to stand unassisted," per the Huntington Beach Police Department's Facebook page.

"The guy who passed away used to eat marijuana brownies," said Huntington Beach Police Department Lt. Russell Reinhart, reports Daily Pilot. "Someone sent them out because he used to eat them, but no one knew what was in them. They were sitting on a table, and people were snacking on them and three people got sick."

So there we have it, folks. Mystery solved.

The incident ironically occurred one day after the U.S. Attorney's office launched a statewide raid of medical marijuana dispensaries. Some dispensary operators were arrested.

Reinhart noted that "there is a lot of desensitization by calling it medical marijuana," adding, "There are still problems with medical marijuana because it is a drug, so it can make people sick. There are also crimes associated with it." He also stated that, while there are other drug issues in the community, "marijuana is a drug, and it does cause problems for law enforcement in the community."

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By Lauren Lloyd in News on October 11, 2011 9:00 AM 0 Comments

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maritov

Marijuana use is not indicated for those with high blood pressure, those on coumadin, etc. Older people often have multiple medical problems and are on multiple drugs, so the possibility of an adverse effect is real, no matter how mild and enjoyable that brownie might have been for a young healthy person.

destroy_all_humans

please put me in this nursing home when i get senile

jennix

I'll bet those three are out in Venice getting a doctor's recommendation tomorrow.

dasherrob

UPDATE: Doctors have upgraded their condition from stable to "groovy."

The Ugly American

Dude .....awesome : )

zoey

I think that a few senior citizens that have never been high before felt "sick" because they didn't know what else to do. Technically, isn't marijuana a plant?

HymietownHero

Yes, marijuana is plant matter. But what does that have to do with anything? Some plants are delicious, some get you high, some cause organ failure.

Jesse

This is the second time I've heard of this happening. It's not sick, it's high. I'm sure they were fine the next day.

Circe Poo

Agreed. But to those old people? I bet they were terrified. They're at a friends funeral and all of a sudden they start feeling symptoms they've never felt before.

And if they ate the whole brownie? They absolutely got sick. Eating a quarter of it or maybe even a half woud have gotten them nice and high. But the whole thing... that's just asking for the spins.

delicats

Seriously, nevermind two brownies!

Also, if you're 71 years old, you were 25 in 1965. I doubt they weer feeling something they've never felt before. But that's besides the point, I don't know what I would do if I suddenly felt stoned out of my mind..