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Homemade Treats Banned at Brooklyn Tech

On the heels of a pot brownie bust at a Queens school, Brooklyn Tech has now banned all homemade baked goods.

Students at are now banned from bringing homemade baked goods to school, possibly as a result of drug-laced sweets, says Gotham Schools.

Last week, the article says, an announcement was made that homemade baked goods found on school premises would be confiscated, though sealed store-bought brownies, cookies and cakes were still allowed.

Principal Randy Asher, as well as a spokesperson for the Department of Education, both declined to comment to the blog, citing an internal investigation at the school.

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Earlier this month, an eighth grade student in Queens was busted for selling marijuana-laced brownies at school for $3 a pop, but there’s no word on whether Brooklyn Tech’s new policy is related.

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