Parents at one junior high school are having to re-teach an age-old lesson: Don’t take candy from strangers, or in this case, classmates.
This is all happening after a student brought meth-laced pills disguised as Smarties to school.
It’s a common lesson for kids and teenagers, but this week in the small town of Ione, many parents are teaching their kids to say no to candy.
“I mean who woulda thought you would have to say no to candy because it could be drugs?” says Ione Junior High parent Melissa Coviello.
Coviello says that’s what she’s teaching her four boys, who range from elementary to high school age after she got a voicemail from the junior high.
The voicemail states: “What looked to be Smarties were confiscated from a student. After conducting a methamphetamine test on the candy, it came back positive.”
The message says on Monday, a student brought a pill to school which tested positive for methamphetamine.
The student claimed it was candy, because it looked like a pink smarty.
“It’s not smart,” says 7th grader Anthony Coviella.
