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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

Child hospitalised for months after eating meth at father’s home where police found it mixed in a candy bowl

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A 3-year-old child spent several months in hospital after they tested positive for methamphetamine, which local authorities later determined had been ingested while staying at their father’s home in Missouri, court records show.

The incident, which occurred in April 2021, triggered the Missouri Department of Social Services to be notified after the toddler was taken to hospital and had tested positive for the illicit substance, the Festus Police Department reported.

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