Even ‘Breaking Bad’ druggie character Jesse Pinkman wouldn’t have done this in his carefree druggie days. Would he?
These kids are more like dummies.
Moronic middle schoolers are being warned of the dangers of snorting Smarties, the chalky round candies that can be smashed up and turned into powder.
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Ryan Walker and Tyler Kruze, grown-ups who should know better, prepare Smarties for snorting at radio station Z-104 in Wisconsin.
The idiotic extracurricular activity has become such a problem that Portsmouth Middle School in Rhode Island warned parents of the “widespread phenomenon,” WPRI-TV reported.
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Like countless schoolkids before them, DJs Ryan Walker and Tyler Kruze of Madison, Wisc., radio station Z-104 find snorting Smarties really smarts, but isn’t smart.
But the stupid snorters, spurred on by thousands of YouTube videos showing the practice, are at risk for horrendous side-effects like a nasal maggot infestation, nasal scarring, allergic reactions, lung irritation or infection, school officials wrote to parents of fourth- through eighth-grade children.
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Madison, Wisc., DJs Ryan Walker and Tyler Kruze attempt to snort smarties in the studio of radio station Z-104.
Some kids roll up money or paper to suck up the sugary powder through their noses, while others “smoke” the candy. Neither is good for the kids, officials say.
The ill-advised snorting is not a new phenomenon: YouTube videos tracing back to 2007 show kids inhaling the candy as peers laugh in the background. Many of the videos show someone snorting the candy as a dare, often ending with a pained look or extreme coughing after ingesting the candy through their noses.
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Good eatin’, not so good snortin’: Smarties candies can cause all kinds of problems for people who crush and inhale them, authorities are telling schoolchildren around the country now that it’s a fad.
One video shows radio DJs from Z-104 in Madison, Wisc., snorting the powder live on air.
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Want maggots in your nose? Then keep on snorting Smarties, health experts say.
And last year, 15 children at a Hamburg, N.Y., middle school were caught snorting the drug, prompting a warning from school officials to parents.
