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2 third-graders arrested on pot charges at Port St. Lucie school

sun-sentinel.com & news partner NewsChannel 5
Posted December 10 2002, 12:42 PM EST

PORT ST. LUCIE – Two third-graders have been arrested at an elementary school after they were caught with 15 bags of marijuana.

The two boys, both age 9, were charged Monday with felony possession of pot and were automatically suspended from River’s Edge Elementary for 10 days. During that period, the School Board will decide if the children should be permanently expelled. Both boys were released into their parents’ custody.

No word on where the marijuana came from, but one of the third graders was carrying three small plastic baggies while the other had 12, police said. Both boys said they found the marijuana on the ground.

The case broke when a student told a lunch-room worker about the drugs and the 9-year-olds on Monday. The aide, in turn, notified school officials, who called in police a short time later.


Copyright © 2002, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Did they find it? Were they planning to sell it? Would this happen if marijuana was legalized and being sold through controlled dispersal like cigarettes -- come to think of it, when was the last time you heard of 9 year olds selling cigarettes tot heir friends? ... Will keep you updated on this one as news comes in...

ChaosGirl

Oh my gosh, this is so completely appaling !!

Why would these kids even have that??? What did their parents have to say ?

That's just ... unbelievable !

Super Woman

I couldn't imagine my 9-year-old sister even knows what pot looks like. That's insane.

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Damn



Scary.

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Feorge Gorman

I'm wondering if they weren't PUT UP to it by their parents! There are some twisted adults out there!

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vaya

Sick! Maybe this'll show up in another anti-drug ad soon...

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ximian

Where exactly is Port St. Lucie?

it's just grass for gods sake, I don't think it's so horrible

dbighead

It isn't a gun, but it is still bad. Young kids don't need to have anything as powerful as marijuana.

and, no one needs to have it at a school.
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Anything is dangerous if it is in the hands (or lungs ) of someone who doesn't know how to use it correctly.

killerz298

It is just plain wrong! There is no way to justify it. No one would feel it is ok for 9 year olds to have cigs or drink alcohol so why should mj be any different?

Conine

By the way, the bags were a gram each. Most people read 15 bags and assume they were decent size bags, leading you to believe the amounts involved were greater... not much less shocking, but a good example of how headlines can be manipulated.

Also, turns out the one with three got his on the bus from the one with 12, and although they said they found them on the ground, they later said they got them from a teenager. So that's who the authorities are looking for right now.

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