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Six São Paulo Students Treated After Ingesting Clonazepam at State School

Authorities have not determined how the controlled medication reached the teens.

Overview

  • The students, ages 13 to 15, were found drowsy at Escola Estadual Júlio de Mesquita Filho in Ipiranga on Thursday morning.
  • A school employee noticed altered behavior and called emergency services.
  • Samu and Fire Department teams administered an antidote on site and transported the group to the Sacomã and Ipiranga urgent-care units.
  • Officials said none of the adolescents lost consciousness and the group included three boys and three girls.
  • The Fire Department identified the drug as clonazepam, and the reported origin of the pills remains unconfirmed despite media accounts that they may have been found on the street.