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Aug. 22, 2006 / 1:43 AM

Baby hospitalized after eating cocaine

MONROE, N.C., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man whose 9-month-old son allegedly ate some of his cocaine faces drug charges.

The father and two friends allegedly left the boy in a room by himself with the cocaine nearby, the Charlotte Observer reported. They rushed the child to a hospital once they realized he had eaten some of the drug.

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Brandon Scott Lewis of Monroe was charged with possession of cocaine, while his friends were charged with possession and delivery.

The boy was hospitalized in critical condition.

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