Picture this! A two-year-old watching television as she puts a joint to her mouth, takes a drag before waving away the smoke, takes a breather and then takes another puff of her marijuana cigarette. Bizarre? Not really! After all her 21-year-old mother encouraged her to do so.
Alarmingly, Jessica Gamble, mother of the two-year-old, video taped the act with her cell phone.
Gamble has been accused of making or encouraging her two-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana. She also tried to delete the video on her phone.
Gamble has been indicted on three cases of felony - corrupting another with drugs, child endangering and tampering with evidence - that carry a maximum prison sentence of 11½ years.
The prosecutor told Cincinnati Enquirer, "What's quite disconcerting is that she (baby) is handling this (marijuana joint) like she's done this before."
At 1 minute, 37 second in the video, a voice believed to be of the two-year-old's mother tells the girl to not "blow on" the joint, Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
The prosecutor told Cincinnati Enquirer, "What's quite disconcerting is that she (baby) is handling this (marijuana joint) like she's done this before."
At 1 minute, 37 second in the video, a voice believed to be of the two-year-old's mother tells the girl to not "blow on" the joint, Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
Later a hand, again believed to be Gamble's, snatches the joint and places it in the middle of the screen and laughs.
"It is disturbing to think that a parent would provide their 2-year-old child with marijuana," the prosecutor said.
As of now, the child is living with a relative as the cops are investigating the incident.