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5 YO Boy Rushed to Hospital After Ingesting Meth While Trick-or-Treating

A 5-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after having a seizure following Halloween festivities on Sunday. Doctors found methamphetamine in a urine sample collected upon arrival.

Braylen Carwell, of Galion, OH, had just returned from an evening of trick-or-treating when his mother, Julia Pence, noticed something was off before her son collapsed: “The left side of his face was just droopy and then he fell and then he couldn’t move his left arm. And he didn’t know where he was, he didn’t know what he was doing.”

While the boy seemed to be fine after having a few pieces of candy, that all changed when he put fake teeth in his mouth.

Thankfully, Carwell is recovering well, but the Galion Police Department is not taking the situation lightly.

Officers collected Carwell’s remaining candy, which his parents had disposed of following the incident, and sent the fake teeth to the crime lab for testing.

The Galion Police Department does not currently have any suspects, nor are they sure whether the methamphetamine was from a prescription or street drug, but they are urging community members to be vigilant about checking all the candy, toys, and trinkets children come home with.

Normally, I’d be the first to say there is no way a drug dealer, recreational user, or addict would waste their money or drugs by feeding them to kids as a prank, particularly because similar stories have been circulating for years, only to be proven mere urban myths.

But this year? I’m saying, “Yeah. Freak the fuck out.” (Ok, maybe don’t be that extreme.)

I’m certainly not advocating that you don’t let your kids go trick-or-treating. Definitely let them do that. Just be sure to inspect their loot carefully, and urge them not to indulge until they get home.

The chances of our children being poisoned — or worse — are probably pretty low. So we should still make the most of the holiday and let them do the same.

Just consider maybe accompanying them as Sherlock Holmes this year. That’ll at least make you meticulously rifling through their bags when they get home a bit less scary and a lot more in line with your costume.

You can just tell them you’re taking your role quite seriously is all.

Our well wishes go to Carwell and his family. May his recovery continue to go smoothly.