That four or five people eating at a restaurant on Main Street near Beach Boulevard were sickened Friday is
not surprising. That they complained of breathing difficulties breathing and hallucinations
is unusual. And that the cause was not food from the actual restaurant is even
more so.
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The patrons had all eaten brownies from the same medical marijuana
dispensary, according to Huntington
Beach police.
None of the sick, who asked paramedics to send them to the hospital, faced
criminal citations because they had medical marijuana cards, Rong-Gong
Lin II writes in the Los Angeles Times.
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