Students hospitalized for prescription drugs
NEW SMYRNA BEACH (AP) – Four Volusia County middle school students are recovering after suspected prescription drug abuse left them hospitalized.
A Volusia County schools spokeswoman says a New Smyrna Beach Middle School teacher sent the four eighth-grade students to a clinic Monday morning. The teacher thought the students were behaving oddly.
Authorities were also contacted about the incident.
According to a sheriff’s spokesman, deputies discovered that one girl shared prescription medications with a friend at school. The friend gave some of the drugs to two other students.
All the girls were taken to a local hospital. Three were treated and released. The fourth girl stayed at the medical center overnight. The names of the girls weren’t immediately released.