Opium: Grandma's Little Helper

Today I read a police report that described a recent child welfare check. Social services asked the police to check on the welfare of 5 siblings. When the police showed-up they found the five young children outside playing, and discovered grandma (the only adult on the premises) lying on a beaded mat on the floor inside in a bedroom. Opium and related paraphernalia were strewn about her.

The officers asked her what the little black balls were. She freely admitted it was opium and that she had been smoking it...

"I smoke opium to take care of the children," she volunteered as if it was ok as long as it was "for the kids."

Unbelieveable, you can't make this stuff up