Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to the main point? DC needs to get MUCH tougher on the sketchy “gifting” shops that sell gummies etc that look like and taste like candy. Personally I think all edibles with sweetener added should be banned, in addition to anything packaged to look like food of any kind. I had thought that at least DC’s Alcohol Licensing Board (ABRA) had oversight, but it turns out they only have oversight of the more legitimate medical marijuana shops.

DC needs to roll back the law that allows sketchy “gifting” shops to exist with all the crime and unsafe, unregulated products they sell.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

And they didn’t notice the VERY different taste? The parents are telling themselves a tall tale because it’s what they want to believe.

This! They may look like candy but the taste is far from it.

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Anonymous wrote:If they were sixth graders I have no doubt they knew what they were trying. Scary stuff

Key goes through 5th. I seriously doubt they did it on purpose.

Ok wow. You are in denial if you think kids this age aren’t experimenting with drugs and alcohol. They are and scary as it might be to you, talking to kids this age about it frankly and letting them
Know the dangers of taking pills, alcohol, edibles from anyone (even a friend) is super dangerous.

I had a 5th grader at Key last year. No, there was absolutely no experimenting with drugs or even alcohol.

I have a child at Key. I absolutely, genuinely believe the kids are super sweet and maybe they did not know exactly what they were consuming, but I find it hard to believe that they thought they were eating simple gummy bears. If my kid finds a (normal) bag of gummy bears lying around my house, she would pop a handful in her mouth within a matter of minutes. It feels unlikely that she would take the bag to school and distribute one each to her friends. The only way I envision her doing the latter is if she thought they were somehow “special” candies that she and her friends wouldn’t normally have access to (even if she didn’t know exactly how they were different). But I’ll defer to the poster with firsthand knowledge who says the children truly didn’t know.

+1. Being sweet doesn't mean you would never try an edible. Even sweet kids could be titillated to try pot, in gummy form, with the prevailing narrative that it's drugs but not really bad. A kid who thought he found a bag of 6 gummy bears would just eat them, not hand them out one per kid to chosen friends. Strains credulity.

And they didn’t notice the VERY different taste? The parents are telling themselves a tall tale because it’s what they want to believe.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to the main point? DC needs to get MUCH tougher on the sketchy “gifting” shops that sell gummies etc that look like and taste like candy. Personally I think all edibles with sweetener added should be banned, in addition to anything packaged to look like food of any kind. I had thought that at least DC’s Alcohol Licensing Board (ABRA) had oversight, but it turns out they only have oversight of the more legitimate medical marijuana shops.

DC needs to roll back the law that allows sketchy “gifting” shops to exist with all the crime and unsafe, unregulated products they sell.

It is my understanding that the reason for the "sketchy" gift shops is that both the Council and the DC population voted in favor of legalizing pot. However Congress passed something saying DC could not pass any laws to regulate the selling. So DC ended up in a place where pot is legal but they can't regulate the actual selling of it in any way. Thus the creation of these gift shops that sell pot without actually selling pot to get around the Congress-led rules. I'm not sure what DC proper can do about pot laws since they aren't able to pass any laws to regulate the selling of pot. So here we are.

The gifting shops are selling pot - it’s obviously a farce. So DC can crack down on them for unlicensed sale. Or just pass laws regulating “gifting” directly. DC also has plenty of authority to ban edibles thay are dangerous to kids - that look like candy or snacks, or even sweetened at all. Then they can raid & shut down the “gifting” stores. They probably already have this authority under consumer protection statutes.

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Anonymous wrote:Metropolitan PD posted a note about this on NextDoor. I've heard this happens frequently with toddlers when daycare workers have accidentally brought gummies from home. There was a notable case on Halloween.

Look at this study:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/health/cannabis-edibles-wellness/index.html

it would be totally illegal to package or advertise alcohol in a way that appeals to children like that! feds need to crack down. dc needs to step up enforcement of marijuana sales - we don’t need 5 headshops on a block selling dangerous to children products

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, so on a different note entirely, but also related to the topic of this thread — do people think this is going to impact Key?? Reputation? Movement on the waitlist this year? Do people generally think this was an isolated incident and/or could’ve happened at any NW/DC school? Is there anything that makes Key more likely to experience something like this?

Also, does anyone know why Key’s PK4 waitlist went from an avg of about 10-15 waitlist offers to 49 last year? Was it just that they added an entire class of seats available?

What?! No, this is ridiculous. There is nothing about Key that makes it more likely to have this happen. What would that even be??
Key added a new PK4 classroom last year because of demand, so they can now accommodate more kids. It is a wonderful school.

I agree. I think this could have happened anywhere.

Yes, there are irresponsible parents everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:This obviously could have happened anywhere. Even at fancy privates. Anyone who not chose the school because of this is an idiot.

No need for name calling. You also wrote an incomplete sentence. Congrats, you made Key look even worse.

Yes an anonymous poster on DCUM writing an incomplete sentence makes Key look horrible. Who would even consider sending their kids there?

I guess IB Key parents need a quick high to get through the week, only to have their kids bring it to school and then have their parents defend, rant, and call people names on a forum. Children went to the hospital, it's disgusting to defend any of it. They are exactly the types of families I want to have around to have around my little one. No accountability, "what great kids", Keeping it classy Kent/Palisades. White Privilege at its finest.

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Anonymous wrote:This obviously could have happened anywhere. Even at fancy privates. Anyone who not chose the school because of this is an idiot.

No need for name calling. You also wrote an incomplete sentence. Congrats, you made Key look even worse.

Yes an anonymous poster on DCUM writing an incomplete sentence makes Key look horrible. Who would even consider sending their kids there?

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Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to the main point? DC needs to get MUCH tougher on the sketchy “gifting” shops that sell gummies etc that look like and taste like candy. Personally I think all edibles with sweetener added should be banned, in addition to anything packaged to look like food of any kind. I had thought that at least DC’s Alcohol Licensing Board (ABRA) had oversight, but it turns out they only have oversight of the more legitimate medical marijuana shops.

DC needs to roll back the law that allows sketchy “gifting” shops to exist with all the crime and unsafe, unregulated products they sell.

It is my understanding that the reason for the "sketchy" gift shops is that both the Council and the DC population voted in favor of legalizing pot. However Congress passed something saying DC could not pass any laws to regulate the selling. So DC ended up in a place where pot is legal but they can't regulate the actual selling of it in any way. Thus the creation of these gift shops that sell pot without actually selling pot to get around the Congress-led rules. I'm not sure what DC proper can do about pot laws since they aren't able to pass any laws to regulate the selling of pot. So here we are.

Anonymous wrote:Can we get back to the main point? DC needs to get MUCH tougher on the sketchy “gifting” shops that sell gummies etc that look like and taste like candy. Personally I think all edibles with sweetener added should be banned, in addition to anything packaged to look like food of any kind. I had thought that at least DC’s Alcohol Licensing Board (ABRA) had oversight, but it turns out they only have oversight of the more legitimate medical marijuana shops.

DC needs to roll back the law that allows sketchy “gifting” shops to exist with all the crime and unsafe, unregulated products they sell.

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Anonymous wrote:This obviously could have happened anywhere. Even at fancy privates. Anyone who not chose the school because of this is an idiot.

No need for name calling. You also wrote an incomplete sentence. Congrats, you made Key look even worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, so on a different note entirely, but also related to the topic of this thread — do people think this is going to impact Key?? Reputation? Movement on the waitlist this year? Do people generally think this was an isolated incident and/or could’ve happened at any NW/DC school? Is there anything that makes Key more likely to experience something like this?

Also, does anyone know why Key’s PK4 waitlist went from an avg of about 10-15 waitlist offers to 49 last year? Was it just that they added an entire class of seats available?

What?! No, this is ridiculous. There is nothing about Key that makes it more likely to have this happen. What would that even be??
Key added a new PK4 classroom last year because of demand, so they can now accommodate more kids. It is a wonderful school.

I agree. I think this could have happened anywhere.

It absolutely could have happened anywhere. But if it happened EOTP or EOTR, you can bet your bottom dollar people wouldn't on here be insisting the kids had no idea what they were consuming and they were tricked into eating it thinking it was candy. They'd be saying "this is why I paid more for my house, to get away from bad influences like this!"

Lol, so true. The “it’s a wonderful school” post is cracking me up. Not that I disagree, I’m sure it is a wonderful school - I just think it’s a funny response.

I guess funny bc it’s just totally thoughtless. The indignation is palpable.

The person literally asked whether there was something about Key that made this more likely and whether it would/should affect the schools reputation. Saying “it’s a wonderful school” makes sense to me because no, it’s not something that’s Key specific. It’s a wonderful school. You can find irresponsible parents everywhere just like you’ll find normal, curious kids who make mistakes everywhere. It sounds like you’re trying to see “indignation” when there’s just sincerity.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, so on a different note entirely, but also related to the topic of this thread — do people think this is going to impact Key?? Reputation? Movement on the waitlist this year? Do people generally think this was an isolated incident and/or could’ve happened at any NW/DC school? Is there anything that makes Key more likely to experience something like this?

Also, does anyone know why Key’s PK4 waitlist went from an avg of about 10-15 waitlist offers to 49 last year? Was it just that they added an entire class of seats available?

What?! No, this is ridiculous. There is nothing about Key that makes it more likely to have this happen. What would that even be??
Key added a new PK4 classroom last year because of demand, so they can now accommodate more kids. It is a wonderful school.

I agree. I think this could have happened anywhere.

It absolutely could have happened anywhere. But if it happened EOTP or EOTR, you can bet your bottom dollar people wouldn't on here be insisting the kids had no idea what they were consuming and they were tricked into eating it thinking it was candy. They'd be saying "this is why I paid more for my house, to get away from bad influences like this!"

Lol, so true. The “it’s a wonderful school” post is cracking me up. Not that I disagree, I’m sure it is a wonderful school - I just think it’s a funny response.

I guess funny bc it’s just totally thoughtless. The indignation is palpable.