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Student Accused Of Bringing Pot Brownie To School In Carmichael

CARMICHAEL (CBS13) - A local student is in trouble, accused of bringing a pot brownie to school and sharing it with at least three classmates.

This is the second such incident in Sacramento County this year. The most recent case happened Tuesday at John Barrett Middle School.

The school district says a seventh-grade girl brought the dessert. Parents say this behavior simply can't be tolerated, and say it's proof that more dialogue about drugs is needed at home.

"Out! I think the kid should be out. You can't do that; you can't bring drugs onto a middle school campus. Absolutely not; no tolerance," said Janelle McGough, a concerned parent.

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It was a call for swift and immediate action from parents after a Barrett Middle School student was found with a pot brownie on campus.

"That's not something we tolerate at home. There would never be wiggle room on that type of an issue. It would be seriously addressed at home and it's something I hope is seriously addressed at school too," said McGough.

McGough has a seventh-grade son at the school but says parents were not notified about the incident. District officials say the seventh-grade girl who brought the marijuana-laced dessert shared it with two to three other students on Tuesday.

"Students on the campus shared information with administrators early on in the morning. The reports are that there was a single brownie brought to campus," said Trent Allen, a San Juan Unified School District spokesperson.

Allen says the students are being disciplined.

"Typically in this type of case, at a very minimum, for consuming a controlled substance, you'd be looking at a suspension. For bringing a controlled substance onto campus and furnishing it to others, you're looking more toward the expulsions side of that," said Allen.

With an investigation still underway, the district says it's leaning on its prevention services staff to help educate students more about drugs and their consequences.

McGough plans to use the incident as a teachable moment at home.

"I will definitely have a conversation with him. And it's actually a good opportunity to have a conversation about this and what he would do if he saw this and was included in that group of kids that were exposed to it," she said.

Because the district says it was able to identify all students involved and their parents right way an email blast to all parents at the school was not issued.

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