Germany: Teachers Treated For Eating Hash Cake

The Guardian ^ | Feb. 13, 2004

[Wolfie]

TEACHERS TREATED FOR EATING HASH CAKE

When teachers at Herder school in north Germany discovered a chocolate cake outside their room, they suspected nothing.

Pupils had often brought in cakes to raise money for charity, so staff sliced it up and tucked in.

But before too long, 10 teachers from the elite school in Lüneburg started trembling, feeling unwell and suffering from hallucinations.

Police called in to investigate confirmed that the cake had contained large amounts of hashish.

All 10 teachers were treated at a clinic after eating the cake on Wednesday but were later released. The remains of the cake were being examined, police spokesman Michael Düker said.

"The cake was left outside the room on Wednesday morning before the break," the school's spokesman, Hans-Christian Höhne, told the Guardian last night.

"Someone brought it in. A lot of people then had a slice and three-quarters of the cake was eaten. About two or three hours later they all started feeling sick. My colleagues were very afraid."

The teachers had suspected nothing because for the past six years pupils had been bringing in cakes to support a radioactive measuring station in Chernobyl, he said.

Mr Höhne added: "It's impossible to say whether a student or someone from outside was responsible. Either way, it was a bad joke. In future we'll insist that pupils put their names on cakes."

[cripplecreek]

Hospitalized?

Seems to me they should have taken the day off got some doritos and sodas then spent the rest of the dayt watching cartoons.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Mr Höhne added: "It's impossible to say whether a student or someone from outside was responsible. Either way, it was a bad joke. In future we'll insist that pupils put their names on cakes."

Yeah, it would be nearly impossible to put someone else's name a cake...

[billorites]

Eat two pizzas and call me in the morning.

[buffyt]

From Hashish? Must have been laced with something more powerful than that~ We smoked that stuff all the time in college.

[coloradan]

Good thing this happened in Germany. In America, they would have been given drug tests, and upon failing them, would have been fired and possibly faced criminal charges. After all, contraband is contraband, it doesn't matter how you got it.

[Wolfie]

Eating hash produces much more of a body high than when smoking. If you're unprepared for the effects, it can be a little disconcerting. If you know what to expect, its very pleasant.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There was some hash tea floating around Iowa City in the late 60s/early 70s.

[buffyt]

We also ate it in browies. No problem. Just made us hungrier, mellow, stoned, happy, relaxed - that kind of high. No hallucinations. Baked pot into brownies, too. no problem. No, we don't do it anymore - that was in the late 1960s. But pot and hashish never caused us any problem other than going to Baskin Robbins and trying to decide which flavor to buy.

[buffyt]

But we did know we were eating, smoking it. We did it by choice. We also passed the bottle of wine around the room and everyone took a swig. Passed the joint or bong around the room and everyone took a hit. No one got sick from germs. Oh what a wild time we had. But we also graduated on time in four years with respectable degrees and we put the wild times behind us... sigh.... Responsible adults now for over 30 years.....

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It was a long time ago.
It took me five years to cop the elusive BA...

[TaxPayer2000]

Good thing this happened in Germany. In America, they would have been given drug tests, and upon failing them, would have been fired and possibly faced criminal charges. After all, contraband is contraband, it doesn't matter how you got it.

perhaps your on to something. Could it be that the teachers were aware of an up and coming drug test and baked the cake themselves as a cover story? I submit that there is no way they would have not smelled the hashish in the cake before eating it.

[Wolfie]

I bought two "space cakes" for my trip home from Amsterdam. Ate one in the cab, and another at the airport. Never has a trans-Atlantic flight gone so smoothly.

[Wolfie]

ping

[Huck]

Pranksterism in Germany? Naturally, I can't condone "dosing" anybody (snicker snicker) or tricking anyone into getting high (chuckle snortle). This was a despicable act and the perpetrators must be punished. Thank you.

Nice wake and bake this morning, Wolfman. Hope the day finds you well.

[Huck]

Hey,that's an interesting idea. Do you know what the deal is with transporting baked goodies in airports? If I had some special brownies in my carry on, would I be at risk? I can sacrifice delivery method under special circumstances.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think you can get away with it if you speak with a thick Indian accent.