Mom charged with teaching 2-year-old to smoke pot
An Ohio mother has been accused of teaching her 2-year-old daughter
to smoke marijuana after prosecutors said she e-mailed to friends a
video of the child puffing on a joint.
Jessica Gamble is charged with child endangerment, evidence tampering
and "corrupting another with drugs," according to an indictment returned
by a grand jury in Cincinnati. The 21-year-old mother could face up to
11 years in prison if convicted on all charges. Hamilton County
Prosecutor Joe Deters told reporters that Gamble was indicted after
someone to whom she sent the video reported it to authorities.
The girl has been placed in the care of relatives "and is safe
today," Julie Wilson, the chief assistant prosecutor for Hamilton
County, told HLN's "Prime News" Thursday.
"Obviously, the case is just starting, so we're taking it very, very
seriously," Wilson said.
"She stands indicted on very serious felony charges. We'll have to
see how it all plays out, but we're obviously very concerned about this
little girl and we'll do whatever we can to make sure that she's safe."
Attempts to contact a lawyer for Gamble were unsuccessful.
Prosecutors released the grainy mobile phone video after Gamble's
indictment this week. On it, the child appears to take a puff from a
thickly rolled marijuana cigarette as a woman identified as Gamble
laughs and tells her, "Don't blow on it."
When the girl brings the joint to her, the woman asks, "What is that?
What is that?" Taking the pot from the child, she chuckles and says,
"Bad." - CNN
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