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ILLEGAL DRUG IN
INDIANAPOLIS IS NOW
COMING INTO THE CITY IN
A NEW FORM.
IT'S ESPECIALLY
POPULAR AMONG
TEENAGERS -- AND MANY
PARENTS HAVE NO IDEA
THAT THEIR KIDS ARE
TAKING IT.
THE NIGHTBEAT'S KRIS
KIRSCHNER ON HOW YOU
CAN KNOW IF YOUR
TEENAGER IS ONE OF
THEM.
THIS HARD
CANDY---LIKELY HOME
MADE---IS SHOWING UP IN
SCHOOLS IN OREGON.
THIS BATCH---CAME FROM
COLORADO
ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
POLICE AGENCIES ARE
REPORTING EVIDENCE OF
A NEW WAY TO DISGUISE
ILLEGAL DRUGS---BY
WRAPPING THEM IN A
FAMILIAR AND INNOCENT
LOOKING COVER.
"... WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HAS BEEN
IN THE FORM OF A SUCKER ..."
KNOWN AS "WEED
CANDY"---MARIJUANA IS
BEING COOKED INTO
HARD CANDY---SOMETIMES
SUCKERS---AND IT'S
BEGINNING TO MAKE ITS
WAY INTO INDIANA.
"... MOST OF IT SPROUTS FROM
STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED
MARIJUANA ..."
"...
STAND UP-I'M IN THE IMPD
PROPERTY ROOM-WHERE THEY
KEEP EVIDENCE FROM DRUG
CASES-THESE ARE FROM A
HANDFUL OF WEED CANDY CASES
IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS-LOOK HOW
SIMILAR IT LOOKS TO JOLLY
RANCHER-IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL
THE DIFFERENCE. THE MORE
SOPHISTICATED VERSIONS HAVE A
WRAPPER TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
THE REAL THING
..."
"... I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT
..."
AN EDUCATION FOR
PARENTS HOPING TO
PROTECT THEIR
CHILDREN.
"...A LOT OF STUFF IS COMING IN
THE MAIL. THAT'S HOW A LOT OF
KIDS ARE GETTING THEIR HANDS
ON THESE MARIJUANA CANDY
PRODUCTS...."
WHILE THE CANDY FORM
IS NEW---HIDING DRUGS IS
AN OLD SCHOOL NOTION.
AND NANCY BEALS,
PREVENTION PROJECT
COORDINATOR FOR DRUG
FREE MARION COUNTY
HAS SEEN IT ALL---BUT IS
CERTAIN PARENTS
HAVEN'T.
GUMMY BEARS SOAKED IN
ALCOHOL
COKE BOTTLES DESIGNED
TO STASH DRUGS-
EVEN SOMETHING AS
SEEMINGLY HARMLESS AS
A BAG OF M AND M'S
"... IT'S GOTTEN TO BE MORE
SOPHISTICATED, MORE HIDDEN ..."
MARIJUANA IS THE
NUMBER ONE ILLEGAL
DRUG IN INDIANAPOLIS-
AND ITS TRIAL RATE
AMONG MIDDLE SCHOOL
AGE CHILDREN IS
GROWING AT AN
ALARMING RATE.
BY 8TH GRADE, 17% HAVE
REPORTED TRYING
MARIJUANA
BY 12TH GRADE, 50%
WHILE IT'S NOT AS
POTENT IN THE CANDY
FORM AS IT IS SMOKED OR
INHALED-THE LONG TERM
EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
CAN BE JUST AS
DAMAGING.
"... WE SEE DETERIORATION OF
BRAIN MATTER BECAUSE OF EARLY
ONSET MARIJUANA USE..."
"... YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION
..."
PREVENTION STARTS
WITH PARENTS--WHO NOW
MUST KEEP A CLOSE EYE
ON EVERYTHING
CHILDREN BRING
HOME--EVEN WHEN IT'S AS
SIMPLE AS A PIECE OF
CANDY.
SOC.
ACCORDING TO "DRUG
FREE MARION COUNTY",
THERE IS A GROWING
NUMBER OF IMPAIRED-
DRIVING CASES RELATED
TO MARIJUANA USE.
THERE IS A GROWING
NUMBER OF IMPAIRED-
DRIVING CASES RELATED
TO MARIJUANA USE.