A substitute teacher is accused of giving three elementary school students cannabis gummies during an after-school program to “celebrate” a birthday, a new lawsuit claims.
A civil complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court last month and obtained, alleges that Felicia Boyd, 59 — a teacher who was employed by Sierra Elementary School in Lancaster, Calif. —gave three brothers, ages 8 to 11, “cannabis-laced candy” while supervising the kids at the after-school program on April 3, 2025.
The boys’ guardian claims in the complaint that Boyd gave the children gummies to “celebrate” the youngest brother’s eighth birthday.
According to the court document, the boys — identified only as A.V., J.V. and S.V — became “lethargic and ill” after consuming the gummies and were soon taken to the emergency room for poisoning treatment.
The boys, through their guardian, are suing Boyd, the school and the school district for negligence, negligent hiring, supervision, training and retention, and battery.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the boys’ aunt said that she was the person who took them to the hospital after they left school that April day.
“My dad picked them up from school, and when he picked them up, one of my nephews was already not feeling good,” she recalled. “I asked them, ‘What’s going on?’ My nephew said, ‘I can’t feel my body.’ My first question was, ‘What did you eat?’ ”
“They were all scared,” she told the Daily Mail. “He told me it was some gummies that the teacher had given them.”
The lawsuit also alleges that the school, including several teachers, the principal, a nurse and other administrators, were told about the situation.
“Boyd possessed a controlled substance on school premises and then administered cannabis-laced candy or gummies to students, including Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs sustained physical, mental and severe emotional injuries,” the suit alleges.
According to the Daily Mail, the litigants claim that Boyd gave the three boys exotic dragonfruit-flavored Nano Gummies, which come in a bag containing pieces of candy with 20mg of THC, the active psychoactive cannabinoid that produces a high sensation, per the FDA.
