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Colorado 4th-Graders: Pot Dealers?

Several 10-year-old Colorado kids were caught making marijuana deals at school — selling and swapping legally purchased pot they stole from their grandparents.

A couple of 10-year-old Colorado kids were caught making marijuana deals at school — selling and swapping legally purchased pot they pilfered from their grandparents’ stash, a school district official said Wednesday.

 

A fourth-grade boy brought a small amount of leafy marijuana on Monday to Monfort Elementary School in Greeley, Colo., and sold it to three classmates on the school playground. He made $11 on the deal, John Gates, director of safety and security for Greeley-Evans School District, told ABC News.

The next day, one of the buyers brought an edible to school and gave it to the boy who sold him the weed.

One student admitted to taking a small bite of the edible but a medical exam did not indicate any harm.

Voters in Colorado approved the possession and use of small amounts of cannabis by adults for recreational purposes in 2012, and the first state-licensed retail pot stores opened in the state in January.

 

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.
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