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Boy brings drugs to school

NASHVILLE (AP) ‘ Police in Nashville arrested the mother of a 5-year-old who brought drugs to school to show his teacher.

Authorities charged 27-year-old Arthea Burroughs with felony drug possession and child endangerment.

Police said Burroughs called Tom Joy Elementary School Monday morning to say she would be picking up her son from school.

Authorities say before she arrived, the boy pulled 2 grams of cocaine and 7.6 grams of marijuana from his pocket to show his teacher and classmates. He said he got them from a drawer in his mother’s bedroom.

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