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Nursery school staff praised after boy, 3, found with cannabis Patrick Wintour Ananova Thursday 23 Nov 2000 Parents whose children attend a nursery school where a boy was found with cannabis in his mouth have praised the swift action of staff who dealt with the incident. The three-year-old boy was discovered with the substance by a teacher at Scaraway Nursery in Milton, Glasgow. He had put the small piece of cannabis into his mouth but he did not swallow it. He was unharmed by the incident. The father of one child says staff deserved a medal for their actions. And Jim Geary said he hoped whoever was responsible for the drug falling into the little boy's hands would be caught and jailed. Mr Geary, 65, whose five-year-old daughter Susan attends the council-run nursery, said he was "concerned but not worried" about the incident because staff had acted swiftly in discovering and dealing with it. Mr Geary, of the city's Possilpark area, said his daughter had attended the nursery for some months and would continue to do so. He said: "When you think of all those kids running around it's not an easy job at the best of times for the staff but the fact that they spotted this wee boy so quickly just shows they were on the ball." He added: "The actions of the staff have been completely brilliant. I think they can't be praised enough over this. They all deserve a medal." Ann Gallagher, whose four-year-old daughter Louise attends the nursery, said she had been disturbed to hear drugs were found in the nursery but not shocked. She said: "There are drugs everywhere - you just need to go up the lane nearby and you'll find them lying in the streets with syringes. " However another woman, who asked not to be named, said she was furious the authorities only told her of the incident today. She said: "This is absolutely ridiculous that something like this could happen two days ago and it takes so long for us to be told. I want to know why it took so long." Nursery staff contacted Glasgow City Council following the incident on Tuesday who in turn called in the police. A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said: "The substance appeared to be old and how it came to be in the child's possession is unknown."
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