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Shared 'Funny-Tasting' Brownies Don't Amuse 
Posted by FoM on October 22, 1999 at 06:49:10 PT
By Meg Jones, of the Journal Sentinel staff
Source: JSOnline
Giving new meaning to the term "high art," a high school student in western Wisconsin was charged with passing out brownies laced with marijuana during an art class.
Ross G. Hobson, 17, of Hudson faces up to 59 years in prison after he was charged Wednesday with eight felony counts of being a party to the crime of delivering marijuana, one count for each Hudson High School student who allegedly ate or was given a brownie.Some students said they noticed seeds and stems in the brownies and spit out the dessert because it tasted funny.Hobson was released on a $10,000 signature bond and ordered to return to St. Croix County Circuit Court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.He told authorities he got the brownies from someone in the parking lot of a Hudson sandwich shop where he works. He said he knew the brownies contained marijuana and that he "just wanted to get rid of them, so he gave them to students in the art class," according to the criminal complaint.A teacher noticed students eating brownies Tuesday morning, got suspicious and notified authorities. Deputies discovered crumbled brownies in a plastic bag in Hobson's backpack.In addition to criminal charges, Hobson could face disciplinary action in school for allegedly violating the school district's anti-drug policy, said high school Principal Beth Lanning. At the beginning of the school year, each student receives a handbook outlining the policy at the school of about 1,300 students."We certainly would not want that type of behavior, and we respond to any instance of possession or use or distribution (of drugs) immediately and potentially would refer it to the (school) board for a student to be expelled," said Lanning, who has been principal for four years.Hobson is accused of bringing a paper plate full of brownies to his second-hour ceramics class. Several students said they took bites out of the brownies because they were hungry or wanted to try the brownies after Hobson allegedly told them the brownies were laced with marijuana, the complaint said.One student said she was walking by the classroom, noticed people standing around a table with a plate of brownies on it and asked if she could have one. She said she bit down on something that tasted like a stick, assumed there was marijuana in the brownie and spit it out.The charges carry an additional penalty since the alleged incident happened in a school.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Oct. 22, 1999. © Copyright 1999, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 
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