Fake Drugs Are a Dirty Business

After finding an empty plastic bag on the playground of her school in Sikeston, Missouri, 6-year-old Michaela Boyd filled it with dirt, rocks, and clover; tied it closed with a purple ponytail holder; and gave it to a friend. The friend showed the bag to a teacher, who reported it to administrators, who gave Michaela two days of detention for pretending to sell drugs. A local cop says she's lucky she wasn't arrested, while Michaela protests: "They said it was kind of a drug. I don't know what those are. I only see cigarettes."

[Drug War Chronicle, by way of Power and Control]