Adult and student arrested after edible marijuana allegedly sold at Douglas High School
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/17/2016 - 8:08pm
An investigation involving drug sales that began earlier this month at Douglas High School in Minden resulted in the arrest of two females and a hospital visit for a student.
On Nov. 3 at around 11:30 a.m., a student complained of symptoms of feelings of anxiety and accelerated heart rate. The student said she may have eaten a Rice Crispy square laced with marijuana earlier in the day. She named a female student who brought the “edibles” to school. The student feeling ill was taken to a medical facility for treatment by her parent.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office investigated and interviewed the students involved and reviewed videotaped recordings of the school’s common area and watched three students involved in the drug transactions, one transaction was for monetary payment of the marijuana edibles.
The student selling the edibles was questioned further and identified the source of the marijuana edible. The student selling the edibles was arrested and transported to Douglas County Juvenile Probation with juveniles charges pending.
Douglas County Special Enforcement Team responded to an apartment near the high school and contacted the source as described by the student selling the edibles. A female resident in Minden was contacted and admitted to the sale and a warrant was subsequently obtained. The suspect, identified as Tiame Vogel, was arrested and taken to the jail in Minden.
Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini wants everyone to know that marijuana is the most common illicit drug in the United States and according to a recent survey; it has widespread use among young people. The Center for Disease Control warns in a new report that consuming marijuana infused edibles can bring unforeseen dangers to the user, due to the delayed effects of consumption. Consuming edibles can result in brain changes such as anxiety, paranoia and even psychosis.
Nevada is one of 20 states that decriminalized marijuana possession, but you still have to be 21 years and older to purchase and consume beginning in January 2017.
