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14 Bags Of Marijuana Found In 3-Year-Old's Backpack
2013-09-29
[NEWYORK.CBSLOCAL] New York City police said a 3-year-old girl was found in school Friday with more than a dozen bags of marijuana in her backpack.

Police said an employee of the New LIFE School in Harlem smelled marijuana on the girl at about 1 p.m. Friday.

They said the employee called police, who discovered 14 bags of the drug in the girl's backpack.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Not surprising really. It is all about incentives as the Freakonomics boys say.

Juveniles receive lighter punishment for crimes (assuming they even get charged), so you end up with 15 yr olds running the product. However, teenage bangers attract attention from cops (can you say "stop & frisk"). Luckily for the dealers, there is a huge supply of little school kids all walking around with backpacks.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-09-29 20:59  

#2  They didn't arrest the girl and charge her with a felony!
Of course not. She wasn't carrying a gun, or even a pop tart bitten into the shape of a gun....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2013-09-29 17:36  

#1  Whoa! Some common sense! They didn't arrest the girl and charge her with a felony!
Posted by: gorb   2013-09-29 02:34  

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