Weed cookies are seized from Maine daycare

The director of a Maine day care says cookies dropped off by a parent as a Valentine’s Day treat left about dozen staff members feeling high.

Police were called to the Watch Me Shine day care in Bangor on Wednesday and seized the cookies for testing.

Day care director Tiffany Nowicki tells the Bangor Daily News that the cookies were left on a staff room table. No children ate any.

‘Earlier in the day, one of the parents of the child that attends that program had brought in some cookies for the staff to enjoy. And after several staff members had eaten some of those cookies, people reported feeling symptoms similar to marijuana intoxication,’ said Sergeant Wade Betters of the Bangor Police Department.

‘You know, simply just having a snack that someone has generously made and dropped off, that could possibly harm you, that does concern us. If you’re going to manufacture a food item that has the ability to impair or injure somebody, you probably should be very careful as to who gets those and who takes those,’ said Betters.

Two workers reported feeling woozy. About 10 others reported less intense symptoms.

Police say the parent who brought them in could be charged if the cookies test positive for drugs. No charges can be filed until tests on the cookies are completed.

‘If we can prove that a crime was committed here, the person exposes himself to a tremendous amount of liability – drug furnishing, assault, reckless conduct, things of that nature,’ Betters said, adding that supplying an illegal drug to someone without their knowledge is illegal,’ Betters said.

Nowicki says the day care has always barred adults from sharing food with children, but will now prohibit bringing in outside food for children or staff.

The cookies are being tested by Bangor police – if they test positive, drug charges could be brought against the parent that made them. A file photo of legal marijuana cookies in California above