The Arkanssouri Blog.: Jolly old dope fiend.

Friday, December 10, 2004

Jolly old dope fiend.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Santa Claus brought an unusual gift for
some Rio schoolchildren this holiday season -- a bag of marijuana.

Police in the Brazilian city said two teenagers were spotted selling
Santa dolls at the entrance of a municipal school next to a slum not far from
the city center.

The dolls opened up like Easter eggs, each containing sweets and a small
plastic bag of marijuana.

The suspects abandoned 24 dolls and ran away into the slum when police came
to arrest them.
Rio's teeming slums are notorious for the drugs trade. Drug
gangs often use young children as foot soldiers and pushers.

Story here.



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