Parents say they were shocked to find so much drug paraphernalia in the shrubs near a Nanaimo school where children play every day
Fortunately, her mother noticed it before her daughter opened it, with her two-year-old brother nearby.“If the kids had ingested it, it would’ve been fatal before help could’ve got to them,” said Miller in an interview April 18.
They found more baggies with drug residue, an uncapped needle, and a broken glass pipe, among other things. The Executive Director of the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District said the district is taking the issue seriously.
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