8 Teens Sent to Hospital After Taking Cannabis Edibles at La Brea Tar Pits

A visitor takes pictures of the La Brea Tar Pits outside the museum in Los Angeles on April 8, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Eight teenagers who were on a field trip to the La Brea Tar Pits became disoriented and were taken to hospitals May 14 after apparently ingesting cannabis edibles.

The problem was reported at about 12:45 p.m. by an on-site security guard at the museum in the 5800 block of West Wilshire Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.