Pubdate: Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Source: State Journal-Register (IL)
Copyright: 2008 The State Journal-Register
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BOY, 5, BRINGS BAG OF MARIJUANA TO SCHOOL

Police and child welfare investigators are trying to determine how a 
5-year-old boy obtained the bag of marijuana he took to his 
kindergarten class Monday.

Police seized the bag of drugs and notified the Illinois Department 
of Children and Family Services about the incident, which happened at 
Owen Marsh Elementary School, 1100 Avon Drive, about noon Monday.

The kindergarten teacher heard one student make reference to another 
student who had some "weed" at his desk. The teacher walked over and 
saw a bag of suspected marijuana sitting on the boy's desk.

The teacher took the bag and notified the principal, who called 
Springfield police.

Police said the teacher at one point asked the boy what was in the 
bag, and he responded that it was "weed."

"(DCFS) will investigate if the child is in an unfit home and how he 
came into custody of this cannabis," said Springfield police deputy 
chief Clay Dowis.

The boy was not punished or taken into custody. He finished the 
school day and went home afterward.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom