LAPWAI — A Lapwai Elementary School staff member experienced an adverse drug reaction Wednesday after taking what appeared to be a prescription diet pill, according to Nez Perce Tribal Police.

The agency responded to a report of a suspected adverse drug reaction at the school after a staff member found a gelatin pill capsule. The pill was found on the sidewalk in a common area of ​​an adjacent facility, and staff picked it up and threw it in the trash. The person experienced symptoms consistent with a drug overdose after being exposed to the topical pill, according to a news release from the Nez Perce Tribe Thursday afternoon.

School personnel took countermeasures and the Lewiston Fire Department and paramedics were dispatched. The person was treated by paramedics at the scene and released after no other medical complications occurred, according to the report.