California middle schooler found meth disguised as candy

IONE, Calif., April 6  -- A California middle-schooler found methamphetamine that looked like candy on school grounds, police said.

Chief Tracy Busby of the Ione Police Department said the boy found it at Ione Junior High and told school officials, who confiscated the drugs.

"We'll be working with the schools to see if we have any more of this activity," Busby said.

The candy looked just like hard-shelled tablet candies such as MM's or Sweet Tarts.

School officials the news the candy tested positive for methamphetamine and informed parents of the incident in a letter. I hope a blood test was implemented to make sure the children were okay. 

"It was scary to see that these drugs are masked as candy and could be passed off to any student as such," the principal and vice principal wrote in a statement. "It is worrisome that it can come in the forms of very popular types of snacks that we see sold daily. Even the packaging can be similar."

It's one thing to do drugs, it's another thing to take a chance with an unsuspecting child's life. Somethings just shouldn't be.