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Subscribe to RSSA 4-year-old boy brought nine bags of pot to his elementary school and pulled them out during snack time, police said.
A teacher at Hanover Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., alerted officials to the drug early Tuesday afternoon, according to a report in the Record-Journal. Detective Lt. Mark Walerysiak, a police spokesman, told the newspaper that the child turned over the bags to his teacher.
Walerysiak could not be reached for comment by msnbc.com on Friday.
"The case remains under investigation," Walerysiak told the Record-Journal. The Department of Children and Families "was called in to also conduct an investigation."
School Superintendent Mark D. Benigni called the event “isolated incident,” the newspaper said.
“Our concern is for the 4-year-old student who had no knowledge of what he was bringing to school," Benigni said. "The student is safe and we will continue to ensure a safe learning environment to all of our students."
He said the teacher was close to the child when he pulled the bags out of his coat pocket. No other student was involved, the Record-Journal reported.
Benigni told the newspaper that the child was not at fault. "This is clearly an adult issue," he said.
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Well, not the most tasty thing he could have had for lunch, but I'm sure he could have found someone in the school to trade him an apple for a small bag of what he was carring. No big deal really.
Uh... BIG DEAL! Hell-o, a kid brings pot for a snack!
Did you actually believe that Chirs150 was being serious? Or just reverse-trolling?
Either 'trolling', or panties in a bunch I suspect. ;-)
why is there a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my....oh my god!
Erock17 - PB&J sandwiches are very hard to keep lit.
Drug dealers sure are gettin younger....
i was speaking as the parent of the child.
I went to kindergarten at the wrong school...EROCK17, very funny.
he'll make alot of friends. probably has the best parents in the class. oh, so yes, he does have the best parents ever. my parents never game none
he'll make alot of friends. probably has the best parents in the class. oh, so yes, he does have the best parents ever. my parents never game me pot for lunch!
I'll bet when the teacher first found them there were ten bags.
A four year old in Elementary School?
My birthday falls in mid-September. Mom and Dad started me at 4 yrs. old. Back then; everyone took pot to school! And everyone had a GIANT comb to scrape out the seeds. I miss riding my tricycle high!
The teacher "reported" a certain number of bags. If little Johnny brings X number of bags of pot to school and the teacher reports Y bags of pot, let J represent the total number of bags of pot that were actually brought to school.
Be sure to tune in to the new A&E series, KIDS AND LIDS....
"Show and tell" had to be held in the auditorium that day, due to the overflow crowds.
LOL bob429579...I wonder just how large that letter J is...was...
He just wanted to say high to a few friends at school.
You would think the cafeteria people could have whipped up some damn good brownies for the teachers lounge!
He wanted to turn the elementary school into a high school.
"I'm a big kid now."
Oh the horror. Don't let Newt hear about this he'll have the child executed.
that's the kind'a school lunch program...i am talk'n bout...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyMQLrnbBgEjoy...hey teach put this on the intercom sys. ...
The kid told his parents that the teacher needs ingredients to make enough brownies for the whole grade.
LOL. Thats just bad parenting. And stupid at that.
You're right! I don't know very many 4 yr. olds that can roll very well. At least twist em' up Mom!
Two parents with loads in their pants, trying to think quick as to why their 4 year old had enough weed to get the school high.
Part of Heman Cain's 999 plan?
AHEM. Mom and dad cant figure out what happened. They swear they put it in the cookie jar...
Can you imagine the red faces on Mommy and Daddy ? They must be so upset......
Yeah. They are bummed because 9 bags is alot...
Yes sir, yes sir, nine bags full.
Darn good thing this is in Connecticut. Were it one of the "Red states", I suspect a prosecutor would bump this up to a federal grand jury and go for the death penalty for this hardened drug trafficker under the 1994 Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA) for Drug Kingpins! ;-)
Yep.. under the current administration he would only be charged with "not sharing the wealth."
Want to take bets that he is from a tax receiver home?
Darn good thing this happened in a blue state. Some senator will propose a bill with this child's name on it requiring all children's pockets to be securely sewn shut.
What does it matter if its a blue or red state? Why would politics need to play a part in this? Its a 4 year old who is obviously being set up to fail by his parents.
Some people should not be allowed to have children. Better to put him in a foster home now and allow him a productive and successful life then put him back with the losers he has for parents now.
What happened to leaving government out of family... people should be able to know the joy of spawning off their own... the best place for kids is with their parents... the best place for a kid is in a family with one man and one woman as a parent. We didn't even find out if the parents are responsible... they may very well be... but we don't know.
Yeah--one man, one woman, and nine bags of ganja--just like Leave it to Beaver... :o)
Sad the development of your brain cells is stunted. Little hope for joining civilization, I suspect.
Pity!
Leave some idiot to inject gay causes into this argument, "one man one woman" yeah OK. Obviously the odds are this kid has a father and a mother exactly how does that translate into this kid having two fathers or two mothers???? In one breath you say leave government out of families and the next you inject government into families with your idiotic statement about "one man, one woman" bull. I'll bet anything you'd like to see that same government change the constitution to reflect your archaic views. The right wingers in this nation are such idiots.
I like all the assumptions that are being made here- particularly about the composition of this kids family. You missed the point and took away another. Since you don't get it- I am not going to explain it to you. And yes I am a right-winger! Next election I am going to run for "The President of The United States of South Carolina."
It is a poor assumption to state that someone that keeps ganja in the house is a bad parent. Some of the most productive members of society that I know (including a few very successful hedge fund managers, real estate developers and a clergy member) either grew up in households where smoking pot was not persecuted and/ or are currently partaking in recreational use.
Would anyone out there care to agree or disagree with the following? Those that are adamantly opposed to recreational drug use such as marijuana are the same lot that have never really tried it. On that note, I guess now is the time to remind the Newsvine world that alcohol consumption is significantly more dangerous smoking pot.
Any thoughts???
Well Bob, I don't have an issue with persons using marijuana that are of reasonable age. A 4 year old? Obviously he wasn't using it. The problem I would see is the 9 bags of pot. I gotta wonder if they were all weighed at a certain weight like 1/8 and were these bags of pot for sell and were the parents or gardians using the kid to transport cause they don't want it on themselves and just plain forgot to remove it or such. I mean 9 bags? I can't help but wonder.. would you do that to your kid?
It makes me sad that decent people think it's okay to belittle others with terms like "tax receiver", especially in these insane economic times where everyone's struggling.
Lots of people look middle class but are living paycheck to paycheck. One lost job or serious illness away from either being homeless or a "tax receiver" themselves. It's going to feel a lot different on the other side.
If it was a bottle of Jack Daniels this wouldn't have even made the news.
One begs to disagree with you.
Robert, Montana tends to be a red state and medical marijuana is legal here. Pot legalization has nothing to do with the political color of the state. It will remain illegal untill politicians and/or the friends of politicians find a way to make large sums of money from legalization. The fact that it isn't hard to grow makes that unlikely. As far as those thinking its a dangerous drug because all the research shows , "well gee whiz it must be dangerous because its illegal" there will be no swaying them. If water was made illegal many would die of dehydration convinced they were doing the healthy thing by avoiding those nasty chemicals found in water....H and O. Alcohol is far more dangerous than pot could ever be, yet it is legal, however if the time comes when it is cheap and easy to produce and people stop buying it then look for the chain reaction...people stop making $ from it, politicians and their friends stop making $ from it, then it must be bad and would be made illegal...(relax drinkers buying alcohol is hassle free enough that people will continue to buy and as long as its moving the $ it will remain legal)
Then he started rolling little snacks for his classmates with one hand.
Hot, I'm thinking he grabbed Dad lunch box thinking it was fulla Twinkies
According to the article the baggies were in his pocket.
I am just curious as to how you accidentally put 9 bags of pot in your child's lunchbox.
Mama stoned, maybe? I'm just sayin' :-)
It's easy when daddy and kid both have Snoop Dogg lunchboxes.
Poor kid probably had to pack his own lunch...and that's what he saw his parents pack for lunch!
But seriously, I know quite a few very small kids who pack their own lunches--so far, they all seem to have packed things like Doritos and lots of cookies, but I guess it all depends on what they find in the kitchen.
Apparently he grabbed the wrong 'lunch' bag on the way out of the house that morning. I'll bet his parent was surprised when he opened his bag at work and only found food in it.
There is an assumption here that the kid picked up the bags at home. Not necessarily true. The article didn't say where he got the pot. Maybe he found them in the school - although the principal would never admit to that.
Read the frikken story before you comment. He pulled them out of his coat pocket. It says so - in the frikken story. Read it.
Notanidiotlikeolegunny:
And? Where does it say where the bags were before his pocket? Hmm?
Read it.
I'm thinking maybe Mommy & Daddy had one bag for breakfast!
Just show-n-tell from the hood!
Reality check: Pot is much more popular in middle and upper class neighborhoods. Why? Cost. The single greatest indicator of likehood of youth drug taking is nothing to do with parenting or or child psyches - it is available disposable income. Drugs are often sold where users can afford them or where users EXPECT to find them. The reason why the misconception that drugs are more prevalent in poor neighborhoods are somewhat complex - but likely because police expect to find "criminal activities" in those neighbrohoods and users and dealers cannot hide behind $800,000+ homes.
I think I should be in charge of confiscating.
Pot is great whether you're rich or poor. It doesn't give you cancer and it can't kill you.......WITH BOOZE YOU'LL LOSE...WITH DOPE THERE'S HOPE.
The class would have needed a lot more snacks if he had been able to share his goodies. It's ok, he had a prescription.
I suppose this could help the campaign to include more vegetables in school lunches.
Strange, I've found bags of pot on the sidewalk or blowing in the wind, but if this is a lot of weed. I wonder if kid were 13 or 14 if they would charge him with a felony?
LOL. That's rich!
Did the cops actually believe that when you told them you found the bag on the sidewalk? :-)
Wow, really? LOL that's what you respond to? XD
Found pot on the sidewalk? Yeah sure, a sight you see all the time.... and I found the golden ticket to get into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
i have found 2 bags of pot on 2 different occasions some years apart and 2 entierely different neighborhoods.
It does happen. I know someone personally that actually did find a bag of weed on the sidewalk. However, 9 bags, I don't think so. But it would be nice.
A friend works in a grocery store. She has found a bag of Pot, a bag of coke and a bag of magic crystals.
Apparrently it falls out of pockets. 1bag I will believe.
I found a bag buried in the sand at the beach once. Good stuff. I enjoyed it.
Lemonverbeena:
I've found pot before too. Just because you haven't is no reason to act a jackass. Jackass.
That's horrible! That's not even bad parenting, that's total ignorance! Just, WOW....
Ignorant of what? How do the circumstances described in the article indicate ignorance? I'm not following your message.
Are you aware that ignorance is the absence of information?
How ignorant do you have to be to let your 4 yr old take your stash to school? Duh. My Dad always kept his where we couldn't find it.
Package it like cigarettes, sell it like alcohol, tax it like its a "consumable good" like veggie or fruit that "have to be processed in order to consume".
It grows by itself out of the ground, just like tobacco, vegetables, and fruit.
It's time for teh "War on Drugs" as far as the war on marijuana is concerned to end!
You got that right ,,GOD,,put this on here for us,,It's all bull@!$%#,,war on drugs,,,,PLEASE, let them KILL there self off ,,by OD,,fine,,But I would not wan't to lose my pot like that,,I WISH I could smoke it,,,,I have seen ALOT of W,,trash,,( there is no love,,careing,,honor in this world,,)----IT'S BAD OUT THERE,,
B'ham,,Ala.,,,USA
Methane is being emitted by your post. Such are the things that happen when bulls— _t plops on the ground!
At least the kid didn't accidentally bring an apple and a paring knife, that would have meant a year's expulsion in a lot of places.
it depends on who your teachers are, when i was in junior high i was allowed to carry a pocket knife and when i was in high school i was allowed to build a 5 foot long sword staff made of black walnut and silver with a 3 1/2 foot double edge blade and a mini howitzer cannon that fired on propane and a mini high powered catapult that could shoot steel chunks across the whole room without trying, i graduated in 2004.
Should've kept that sh!t quiet, he could've had choco milk money for months...
Teacher said they were going to make brownies in the afternoon. He just wanted to contribute.
I think you figured it out, J.
Gosh, I always thought OUR school districts in Oregon were progressive. "Brownies" could have made those social studies classes a lot more interesting! :-)
"Why are all these bongo drums in music class, Miss Jones?"...
Well, at least he brought enough for the whole class :)
What's a 4 year old doing in an elementary school?
Um, delivering WEED, apparently! :-)
My thoughts exactly!!
It's a new development in the education system. It's called "kindergarten."
Sheeesh!
In most places if a child can prove they can keep up with the curriculum they are admitted. As long as they can keep up with the classes or exceed them, they are fine. I had a neighbor who's kid was allowed into kindergarten at 4. They ended up skipping a grade and going from first to third later on.
My birthday is in October, and I started Kindergarten when I was 4 because the cutoff date was December 1. I suspect the deadlines vary from state to state, and also that testing allows exceptions to the rule for children who are ready.
My 4-year-old will be starting pre-K in a public school in the fall.
As scary as a 4 yr old with pot is .... how about mandatory preschool for 3 & 4 yr olds. It's on the line. Voluntary placement next year, then comes mandatory. All the babies lined up to be trained by the master. Its not mind control if every body does it.... right? Yes get em potty trained then start on the other end.
My guess is that he wanted it for his DARE graduation. I know I needed some for my kids'.
bags ten thru fifteen went into teacher's desk, then home for a trip. My, ain't being a teacher great, what with all the side benefits? The kid will never have a gov't. job now, continually targeted for prosecution under RICO.
Drug dealers STILL using Scooby Doo lunch boxes for their mules to transport. Some things never change.
And SOME idiots want to make this crap legal.
It should be legalized and taxed. Marijuana is safer than alcohol and less habit forming. If you drink alcohol and disagree, you my friend are a hypocrite.
Don't drink or use mind altering drugs. Not even legal ones. In this case, using that, change the subject druggie BS, didn't do you any good.
Weak people need drugs and/or alcohol.
Listen dude, I retired at 53 and smoked it since High School.
Amen, Arizona Tumbleweed! The advocates of legalizing illicit chemicals are self-indulgent, selfish, socio-pathic and generally absent ethics and morals.
If our society really cared about the people around them, they would never put the crap in their bodies.
Yea because it being illegal is working so well. Funny what tumbleweed does to the brain.
When you're outnumbered by people whose lives circle around drinkin' beer, smokin' cigarettes, having 3, 4, 5 kids by different fathers, livin' on welfare, and gettin' tattoos & piercings are major priorities...definitely pot in the mix wouldn't be a good idea either, but it's a little late isn't it? I loved the stuff when I was young, but it does make you stupid. And people prey on stupid in this world. This is all stupid enough. Some of us really would have preferred to raise people's IQ's instead of dumbing it down so much.
try-reality: All those years living a criminal life, and you're proud of it. I hope there were no kids around to follow in your footsteps.
So Tumbleweed: you are completely fine with tobacco and alcohol which can easily kill you because it's legal. But pot is the anti-christ for being illegal? I don't use any of it either but I'd rather weed be legal and taxed rather than causing death on streets and paying drug cartels.
Hey monkey, lets change the subject. It's a very old and worn out druggies trick.
But, I'll answer. If you have seen me on here before, you'd know how I feel.
Let's BAN ALL mind altering drugs, (even legal ones). Lets BAN tobacco, and alcohol. I know we aren't going to do it, but I can always dream.
Now what else do you want to change the subject to?
Arizona, you and your entire state need a bongload!
pot is illegal because of the effects it has on the developing brain and causes permanent damage that will show thru when you get older, one of those symptoms is chronic depression and hormonal issues and because there's a chance that if you mix alcohol with it, it will make you try to commit suicide, there's also some people who become very violent on the drug, i recommend you do research on pots permanent side effects and other problems it causes as the knowledge will make you wonder.
LOL,,watch ,,bad teacher,,it's a hoot
Any medicine or in this case marijuana should be kept under lock and key this would include firearms etc. think please.
I'm just a little appalled about all the jokes here. It is nothing to joke about. This child, and he could have other brothers and sisters at home, are being raised in a very hostile environment. This child will probably grow up to be just like his parents unless there is intervention of the highest level. A child cannot help what environment they are brought up in, and I feel bad for all the children that are being raised by parents that just have no parenting skills at all. If you love your children, you do the very best you can for them. Thank goodness there was an intentive teacher nearby.
Most of the time there are no bad kids, just horrible parents. Makes me just mad to the core!
Sounds like you could use a good stiff drink.
JG
Lighten up a little, will you? This story didn't have a kid trying to kill a bunch of other kids or their parents or torture a classmate or some other horror. There is humor in this one, a nice change.
I'm sure it's not going to be too funny for his parents who will have to explain how nine bags of pot got in his little pockets, (maybe it was his brother's coat or another classmates) but I don't think he needs to be ripped away from his parents for a foster home or bundled off to Military school "for his own good" over this. I'd sure like to get "the rest of the story", it should be hilarious.
nightwalker;
Couldn't agree more.
JG;
light up, lighten up. Humor is good for you; good for the mind, good for the soul, good for your health. Laugh a little; there are no demons here except the ones you conjure up in your mind.
Its an herb that has never killed a single soul. Put the bottle down and go to bed.
JG +numbers,
I look for articles like this because I know there will be some smiles in the comments. Nobody was killed, some dufus parents gave the kid the wrong lunch. It reminds me of the old Cheech and Chong album where a stoner is interviewed by a journalist who wants to know if smoking pot makes you stupid. This article answers the question almost as well as Tommy Chong did.
Or for all you know, his parents could be regular normal people. Who smoke pot. Not all pot smokers are child beating, raping maniacs who stab kittens for fun.
It's the meth heads you have to look out for.
"Regular, normal people" do not smoke pot. Criminals do.
..."normal", I like that, as if any of us are normal.
Wow, JG and tumbleweed are very over the edge, ignorant, and blind. I feel sorry for them and their families.
Today this child is getting the intervention he needs. JG, we all feel bad for children being raised by druggies and alcoholics. Abusers and sexual deviants. I personaly find it appalling that 3 & 4 yr olds are being forced to attend school when the Public Schools cant buy books for the kids grade 1 - 12
Our humor is not directed at the child or his plight. It's just freaking hysterical!
JG .... You are appalled by the jokes. I am appalled that the USA locks up 850,000 citizens mostly for only possession of marijuana. Marijuana is a benign herb. It is MUCH safer than alcohol or tobacco. It is a useful medicine, a plant with thousands of uses. The only thing wrong with marijuana is the law. Change the LAW!
As for children using marijuana ...no unless it is prescribed by a Doctor. Treat marijuana like alcohol. Legalize it, regulate it, tax it.
This was a poor article. Certainly someone screwed up somewhere mistakedly giving the child access to marijuana. In todays economy can you really blame anyone for selling marijuana? The jobs are not there but the bills are going up. Marijuana sales and prostitution are about the only things left for the people as small cost start up businesses.
Children growing up in alcoholic families have it much worse than marijuana using parents. I know I have personally seen both.
The last thing pot creates is a "hostile environment". I think your village is looking for you, you should go now!
AZTumbleweed, I can't wait until the entire "Reefer Madness" generation dies off and more sensible heads prevail.
The cops in my area have figured out that pot smokers are actually pretty good people. Looking at the police logs in the newspaper, it is always alcohol related crimes.
Hate to break it to some of you but most pot smokers are usually middle class, and unless laced with something it's not a violence inducing drug (though some studies- which can be disputed- have stated that violence can occur with people who already have mental problems).
I personally am not for or against legalizing pot, but I have had friends in my younger years who smoked. They were generally easier to get along with than most.
Cheryl-343327: I think your village is looking for you
I'll be using that in the future, thank you :)
A friend with weed is a friend indeed.
the 10th bag was found in the teacher's break room
Hawk, you may be on to something there...Google "Antigo teachers drugs" for what I mean.
I once traded two sparkley rocks to a five year old for all his weed. They aren't too smart.
JG- I agree. All of the joking at the expense of a child is a little immature. Also, stop making **it up, people. There is nothing in the article about a Scooby-Doo lunchbox. If you care to read, it clearly states that the child pulled the bags from his coat pocket.
He's a 4-year old special needs child in pre-kindergarten which makes the situation more horrific when you imagine what type of environment he could be subjected to. I'd like to kick his parent(s) right in the AZZ!
Methinks you'd benefit from sampling bag #10.
And for future reference: Any story like this you find here is going to have to same type of replies, so feel free to skip them. Wouldn't want that stick up your ass to get twisted.
Don't care what you think and for future reference, feel free to pull the stick out my ass while you're kissing it . Have a great day...
Punana,
If you don't want people to make *&%^ up, where did you read in the article that he was a special needs child?
nightwalker:
You have to click the link, msnbc felt that wasn't important enough to add to its story.
Punana:
If the truth bothers you that much, change it.
Thx Gene
Punana,
Raising a special-needs child is very stressful. I've done it. Sometimes I've felt the need to take a drink, smoke some pot, take a Xanax or kick the azz of jerks like you. It was pot, for God's sake, not a gun.
I normally smoke it just for the fun of it whether I'm stress or not.
Why don't you last two get a sense of humour.? You are pathetic. People don't want to hear about the poor little boy in a special needs class, they want to enjoy life.....get one.
JG895068, "a very hostile enviroment", not likely. Meth, cocaine, crack, etc, maybe hostile, but pot not likely.
The only time you see two stoners fight is when they're down to their last donut. PEACE OUT
hostile toward the idea of staying awake after 9pm possibly, but that's about it.
Absolutely a hostile, unsavory, illegal environment. Drug users have no business near children (or other people, for that matter). Their drug use reflects their absence of self-respect, disrespect for others in our society.
When you are weak-willed, you use drugs. When you use drugs, you are a pathetic being. Help is available to get your mind right and become a worthy citizen.
When you are hungry you make brownies....