Radium Springs woman accused of giving 13-year-old marijuana “edibles”
Officials with the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office say a Radium Springs woman knowingly gave her 13-year-old child candy containing marijuana.
Deputies arrested 38-year-old Sylvia Rubio on Tuesday. Rubio faces two felony counts of child abuse, two felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two felony counts of distribution of marijuana to a minor.
Rubio told detectives she holds a medical marijuana card and a personal production license, according to DASO. She also said her doctor suggested she give the candies to her daughter to ease her anxiety.
The woman’s daughter allegedly took chocolates containing marijuana to her school, where the school’s principal learned of the incident, according to a court document obtained by ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom. The principal contacted Child Protective Services.
After conducting a drug test, officials learned the child had THC in her system, a spokeswoman with the sheriff’s office said.
The girl told investigators her mother has a medicinal marijuana card and would make chocolates containing marijuana. The girl said she was allowed to eat the chocolate because she had run out of her medication for anxiety and so that “she wouldn’t feel stressed,” the court document states.
Under interrogation, Rubio allegedly told investigators she gave her daughter “gummies” but never gave her the chocolate. Rubio said she left the cabinet containing medicinal marijuana open and her daughter may have stolen the marijuana.
