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Her father found the small zip-style bag filled with powder-like substance among the kid's Halloween candy and called the police at around 8.30 am local time Monday.
Police found that the bag contained one-tenth of a gram of crystal methamphetamine, AP reported. The girl had been trick-or-treating in the Promenade neighborhood of Hercules, a town in San Francisco Bay Area.
It is not clear if the girl was given the drugs intentionally or by accident, and the authorities currently have no suspect, local Sergeant Ezra Tafesse told Contra Costa Times.
The complications in finding the suspect are connected to the fact that it is hard to identify the fingerprints after so many people handled the evidence.
"More than anything, we want to educate the public to inspect their children's candy before giving it to them," he added.
Tafesse also said that drugs are given to kids as candy sometimes, but it's usually marijuana. "A tenth of a gram is enough for felony charges filed for possession of a controlled substance,"Tafesse said.
Locals were bewildered by the incident, with Norman Santos, a Promenade resident, saying he was surprised as it is a good community, Bay City News reported.
"I think that's sick," said David Pel, another Promenade resident. "That person is so sick."
Comment. A small percent are very sick. I am a part of US society and I am not sick. If you think we are so sick then maybe you should look a bit around Europe and you will see the exact same shit. Spikes being put up by heating vents to prevent warmth for the homeless, horrific pediphelia rings in Belgium Netherlands and UK.
Northern Cali is notorious for its meth heads due to its rural nature and rolling mountain landscape that just begs for someone to start an illegal money making scheme in the low populated forests. I was just in northern Cali and as it is awesome and beautiful, it has its dark side that all the residents should be aware of. Meth is part of this dark side. Northern Cali also has the best food in the US. Hard to find gmo's. Where we went you couldn't find a fast food resteraunt or corporate supermarket. All local almost all organic and by city ordinance too. No McDonald's no KFC.
Yes the US is kinda fucked up but don't place the blame on the victims. The world is messed up. Did I give kids meth? No I didn't. Please differentiate between bad gov an bad people. Yes we have both, so does Europe. And at almost the same rate. Most Americans aren't disgusting sickos. Maybe a bit dumb but not sickos. Do you think we like the state of affairs? Of course not we are just told via our media that we are doing better than the rest of the world. I have pitty for the people of North Korea, maybe have some pitty for our sorry asses.