College Apologizes For Giving Kids 'Happy Pills': M&Ms In Prescription Bottles

A faculty member at Horry Georgetown Technical College was looking for a clever way to promote her medical technology program when she realized the easiest way to a kid’s heart is candy. Unfortunately, her method for delivering that candy left a lot to be desired. Officials from the South Carolina school issued an apology on Monday after a faculty member distributed prescription pill bottles filled with “happy pills,” which turned out to be M&Ms, to children at a campus event last weekend.

“We have heard from several concerned parents that a faculty member promoting her medical technology program at Horry Georgetown Technical College filled pharmaceutical bottles with M&M candy and distributed them to children at a public event over the weekend,” read a statement posted to the college’sFacebook page.

Standard issue prescription bottles were addressed to “A Great Kid” and directions on the bottles read: “Take 1 m & m every 2 to 4 hours… may refill 5 times by 2/13/2016.” The unidentified faculty member distributed the phony pill bottles at the college’s Family Fun Run on Friday, WMBF News reported.

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