Two children hospitalized after being given marijuana cookies

Illustrative -- Pharmacists supply patients with prescribed medical marijuana in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Illustrative -- Pharmacists supply patients with prescribed medical marijuana in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Two children from the central town of Rehovot are hospitalized after their grandmother accidentally fed them marijuana cookies, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

The two girls aged 2 and 4 were taken to the hospital after becoming ill at kindergarten. There, doctors discovered the drugs in their bloodwork.

After the police and parents were called in it was discovered that the children’s grandmother, who had been visiting, gave them the cookies as a treat before school, without knowing what they were.

The parents have been detained for questioning.

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