Three North Platte High School students were hospitalized on Wednesday for taking more than the recommended dosage of over-the-counter cough medicine in an attempt to get high.

According to North Platte Police, officers responded the NPHS along with the North Platte Fire Department after receiving a report of a possible overdose.

Police say one of the students stole the pills from a local business and gave them to the other students, at which time they all took “several” pills.

The student who stole the pills was cited for Using Intoxicating Compounds, Shoplifting and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.

The other two students involved were both cited for Using Intoxicating Compounds.

All of the charges in this case are misdemeanors.

Police say they do not know the condition of the three students involved, but assume they would have heard if there had been complications arising from the pill consumption.

The students were all conscious, breathing and able to communicate with law enforcement when they were contacted at the school.