http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/54470p-51046c.htmlPot brownies a real hit at HS b'day
By MARTIN MBUGUA, EDWARD BARRERA and MAKI BECKER
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
It was a birthday party that went to pot.
Lee Friedman, who turned 17 yesterday, decided to celebrate his big day by sharing marijuana-laced brownies with some fellow students at his Manhattan high school, police said.
But the festivities went awry when six Fiorello LaGuardia High School students, ranging in age from 15 to 19, began feeling dizzy after eating the extra-special fudgy treats and went to the school nurse.
"I saw about five students getting all dizzy," said John Frank, 16, a junior at the upper West Side arts school.
Four of the students were taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where they were treated and released, hospital officials said.
Expensive eats
One student refused medical attention from paramedics, and the sixth disappeared, according to a law enforcement source.
Several of the stricken students identified Friedman as the birthday boy who peddled the brownies for $8 a pop.
At least four of the students submitted to urine tests, the source said.
Friedman was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with selling marijuana to a minor, a felony. He was also slapped with one count of endangering the welfare of a child.
Georgette Chung, another student at LaGuardia, said drug deals are common on campus.
"I see it happening all the time," she said.
Police were looking for another student last night who they believe may have helped Friedman sell the brownies.
Originally published on January 25, 2003
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