Around mid-December baked goods become ubiquitous. They are exchanged by friends, they are delivered by neighbors, they get brought to work by the plateful. We all know these holiday treats aren't any good for us. But now, in addition to the high fat content and empty calories, you've got something else to worry about:
Last Tuesday, Santiam Hospital, a very small community hospital, notified Salem Hospital that there was an "external disaster" of a scope too large for their hospital to handle. About a half dozen employees of a local business all got sick at work within a short period. The symptoms were pretty non-specific and included feeling bad, nausea, vomiting, and light-headedness, to the point that one person even passed out. The three patients with the worst symptoms got transferred to Salem.
The going assumption was that these people had been exposed to some toxin, particularly as they worked at a varnish and urathane company. Perhaps there had been a leak or faulty ventilation. As such, the three Salem patients all had blood samples sent off for toxicology analysis, and indeed, they all had whopping high blood levels of the same chemical: tetrahydrocannabinol (aka THC, marijuana, pot, Mary Jane, weed, the wacky tobaccy - you get the idea).
All three denied smoking a doobie or taking a hit off a bong any time recently. They did, however, confess that they had eaten a lot of cookies at the company holiday party. Turns out these were no ordinary cookies - these were pot cookies, a very clever variation on the more traditional brownie.
The source (aka chef) of the cookies is still being investigated.
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