3-year-old Florida boy found with pot

LAKE CITY, Fla., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The mother of a 3-year-old Florida boy says she has no idea where he got the marijuana he brought to his preschool this week, authorities say.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office said the child, who school officials say is developmentally disabled, won't be charged but the investigation continues into how he got his hands on the illegal weed.

Police say the boy showed the marijuana to a classmate Monday at Niblack Elementary School in Lake City, who then told their teacher. School officials found he had two small plastic bags holding less than 20 grams of marijuana.

Jacksonville's WJXT-TV reported the boy was sent home with his mother after he told authorities the pot came from his father.

The mother denied knowing where the marijuana originated, and a search of her home produced no illegal drugs. She suggested her son may have gotten the marijuana from a neighbor's house where he plays, the TV station said.

"I don't think this kid knew what he had on him -- that he knew it was marijuana, knew that it was illegal, knew it was a dangerous drug," a sheriff's office spokesman said. "If it came from home, if it came from the street, if it came from the school bus, we just don't know where it came from at this point."