Baby Found Sucking on a Ball of Cocaine at Daycare
A baby was found sucking on a ball of crack cocaine at a Minneapolis daycare this week. Now officials are surrounding the daycare with one big question - who dropped the rock?
According to WCCO, the thirteen-month-old was in the daycare’s “infant room” when daycare staff noticed he had something in his mouth. It turned out to be a cellophane wrapped rock of crack, and the baby was sucking away.
The kid wasn’t freebasing - the seal on the plastic wasn’t broken - but he was rushed to the hospital anyway. The daycare isn’t in trouble - they’ve started drug testing staff and put up security cameras. So who’s on the suspect list?
The parents. Because they’re the only ones allowed in beyond daycare staff. Everyone is ID checked (standard procedure at many daycare facilities) and must be connected to a kid in the building.
So what’s creepier - knowing a kid picked up the rock or knowing a parent of one of these little kids is regularly smoking crack?
Image: conorwithonen via flickr
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Tags: daycare, daycare safety, drug use, drugs, drugs and kids, Jeanne Sager
4 Comments
Ri-chan commented on Nov 15 09 at 10:44 amIf this happened to me, I’d be speachless. And then furious. And it’s still partly the fault of the daycare, they should notice what a baby is chewing on. I hope they catch whoever dropped it.
Suzanne commented on Nov 15 09 at 9:40 pmHorrible.
emmet commented on Nov 16 09 at 7:30 amThat depends on how many kids there were per staffer, and how long he had the thing in his hand. It’s hard enough to keep one kid from sucking on something it shouldn’t, and many daycare workers are keeping an eye on 4-7 of them.
Ri-chan commented on Nov 16 09 at 10:34 am@emmet- I know, I work at one.
