CU Students in Jail for Lacing Brownies With THC

Two CU students are in jail after they laced brownies with THC and then gave them to their class.

Eight people ate the brownies, three of whom became ill afterwards, and were hospitalized for a short time.

Their teacher had set a "bring food to class day", and was one of those hospitalized.

THC is the active ingredient in marijuana.

As they had not informed anyone that the brownies had marijuana in them, they face charges of drugging the eight people.

Under Colorado law they could face up to twelve years of jail time, for each count, meaning they could face nearly one hundred years in prison, just for that.

Police have also added second degree assault charges, for those who became ill.

Thomas Ricardo Cunningham, twenty-one, and Mary Elizabeth Essa, nineteen, will now each have a felony on their record, for the incident.