Pubdate: Sat, 03 Mar 2007
Source: Chicago Tribune (IL)
Copyright: 2007 Chicago Tribune Company
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SCHOOL FEARS POSSIBLE TIE OF ILLNESS TO TAINTED POT

BARRINGTON -- Barrington High School officials sent an e-mail warning 
this week to parents and staff members after two teenagers required 
hospital treatment for symptoms that police believe were the result 
of using tainted marijuana.

The alert warned that the teens, one of whom was a student, may have 
used marijuana laced with "an unknown and very powerful substance," 
officials said Friday.

"We are hoping this doesn't happen to anyone else," said Tom Leonard, 
school principal.

Barrington-Inverness Police Chief Jeff Lawler said a community alert 
was issued after the two teens were hospitalized in three days with 
what he said were similar symptoms. He did not release their names or 
ages. He also said he did not know whether the teens had been 
released from the hospital.
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