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Students sick after taking anti-smoking gum 

An attempt to get a 'buzz on' sent three Ripley Huron Community School students to the hospital. Principal Bill Colley said about two weeks ago, a senior student "foolishly" brought a pack of anti-smoking gum to school and shared it with her friends. "They ate a bunch of it and three students got very ill," said Colley. "We followed procedure and called the Poison Control Centre, who suggested we take the students to the hospital immediately." He said the doctors were concerned with the students' blood pressure and heart rates because of the toxins in the gum. The concern began when one student started vomiting, followed by two others.

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