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THANKS FOR JOIRNING US.
AN IMPORTANT WARNING TONIGHT
ABOUT DRUGS IN DISGUISE.
IT IS A GROWING CONCERN THAT
A LOT OF STREET DRUGS MAY TAKE
THE FORM OF CANDY.
AND TREATMENT CENTERS ARE
SAYING THAT THEY ARE SHOWING UP
IN LOCAL SCHOOLS.
7NEWS ANCHOR DIANE LEE IS
JOINING US NOW.
Reporter: AS IF IT'S NOT
HARD ENOUGH TO SAFEGUARD YOUR
CHILDREN FROM DRUG INS GENERAL,
THERE'S A WHOLE MARKET OF STREET
DRUGS TARGETED AT KIDS.
ONE THAT GIVES THEM AN EFFECTIVE
WAY OF HIDING IT.
PARENTS LIKE TO THINK THEY HAVE
A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THEIR KIDS
ARE EXPOSED TO WHEN IT COMES TO
DRUGS.
SHE STARTED USING AT AGE 12 AND
HER PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE.
MY PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS GOING ON UNTIL I WAS SO FAR
INTO IT, THERE WASN'T ANY
PULLING ME OUT.
Reporter: TODAY I SHOWED
THIS MOTHER OF FOURTEEN AGE BOYS
THE NEW DRUGS TARGETING KIDS.
I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED AT WHAT
YOU SHOWED ME.
THAT WAS PRETTY INTENSE.
THEY LOOKED LIKE SWEET TARTS.
Reporter: MORE AND MORE
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE
SAYING THEY'VE SEEN DRUGS IN THE
FORMS OF TOYS AND LOLLIPOPS TOO.
THEY CAN BE SITTING AT A
DINNER TABLE AND EATING
SOMETHING AND NO ONE AROUND THEM
HAS ANY WAY OF KNOWING IF IT
CAME FROM THE STORE OR IS
DANGEROUS.
Reporter: KIDS MAY HAVE NO
IDEA THE CANDY MAY BE LACED WITH
ADDITIVES: SHE SAYS HER BOYS
HAVE LEARNED FROM HER MISTAKES.
I WILL PROBABLY GO HOME AND
ASK THEM HAVE THEY SEEN ANY OF
THAT STUFF IN SCHOOL.
Reporter: SHE COULD STILL BE
CLUELESS ABOUT KIDS AND DRUGS IF
SHE DOESN'T THINK TO ASK.
PARENTS NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT
FOR REAL CANDY COATED WITH
DRUGS.
THERE'S BEEN REAL JOLLY RANCHERS
ROLLED IN DRUG POWDER AND SOLD
ON THE BLACK MARKET.
IT'S SO SCARY.
ALL OF US WILL HAVE TO SHOW THIS
STORY TO OUR KIDS.
WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S IN THIS STUFF?
WHAT IS IT?
.
Reporter: MARIJUANA
DEFINITELY THE BIG ONE.
THAT CAN BE BAKED INTO ANYTHING.
BUT PARENTS NEED TO WATCH OUT
OBJECT THE OTHER DRUGS ROLLED ON
TOP.