1-Year-Old Tests Positive For Cocaine, PCP On West Side

The parents of a 1-year-old boy who tested positive for cocaine and PCP over the weekend could face charges.

The Chicago Tribune reports that someone in a home in the 3600 block of West 5th Avenue saw the boy chewing on a piece of foil early Sunday and noticed a black substance on the child's teeth.

The boy reportedly began "acting lethargic" and was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he tested positive for PCP and cocaine.

The hospital called police to report an incident of child abuse, and officers found "various drug paraphernalia" in the home after searching it, the Tribune reports:

PCP, or phencyclidine, is also known as "angel dust." Police believe the black substance on the foil was the residue left over after someone smoked the substances.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the boy was reportedly in good condition Sunday and no charges had been filed as of 4 a.m. Monday.

Comments

[VanTroi]

01:17 AM on 07/28/2010

At least they took him to the hospital I am in way saying that makes any of it OK. But many times the child is left to die for fear of the adults getting into trouble. Hopefully the parents get help and the child is in a safe home.

[ChicagoBlackRainbowWomen]

12:17 AM on 07/27/2010

Did they say no charges were made??? What the crockery! Did the kid go to the corner and get it himself?

[WPF]

08:16 PM on 07/26/2010

Hate when this happens.

[PCMinistry]

11:51 AM on 07/26/2010

The black on the foil wasn't the residue left over from the drug. The residue might have been brown but more likely barely visible. The black stuff was actually the residue from the lighter flame that hit the bottom of the foil as they burned the drug off of it. Anyone who has ever chased the dragon could tell you that.

[beerent]

11:17 PM on 07/26/2010

So you're a dragon chaser?

[PCMinistry]

12:56 PM on 07/27/2010

You see a lot of things growing up in southside chicago. (bridgeport irish)

[PCMinistry]

12:58 PM on 07/27/2010

Oh and to answer your question. Well...I'm not a painter, but I've painted. So no, I'm not a dragon chaser.

[Roxanne Swanson]

11:48 AM on 07/27/2010

God help me if I am running in the same crowd as people who can tell me what the black residue on a piece of tin foil is from.

[PCMinistry]

12:56 PM on 07/27/2010

You see a lot of things growing up in southside chicago. (bridgeport irish)

[MillieNeon]

11:53 AM on 07/28/2010

Well I can tell you. And 27 years clean and free of drugs has given me the opportunity to help a lot of people who needed help or who have friends and relatives who needed help. You, of course, probably have no bad qualities of your own. Reminds me of a quote from a Flannery O'Conner story:

"Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own, but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way, she never felt the lack."

[Jasel]

11:43 AM on 07/26/2010

Those parents need to be locked up and that kid sent to live with some responsible relatives (hopefully he has some).

[Roxanne Swanson]

11:49 AM on 07/26/2010

Amen. This breaks my heart. What is wrong with some people?

[otop016]

12:02 PM on 07/26/2010

This story is just so incredibly sad, isn't it? It's just insane that people like this even exist...

[MeloMelo66]

03:22 AM on 07/27/2010

And oddly enough, it seems that these irresponsible "parents" (and I use that word very lightly) are the ones who can have kids, and good, responsible people are sterile.

Yes, I know that I am oversimplifying, however goes to show that there is no sense of natural justice in life. It seems we are the ones who have created the scale and have to ensure that it is enforced in some way.