Teenage Babysitter Arrested After Forcing One-Year-Old To Smoke Weed

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A teen who forced a baby into smoking marijuana has been charged with child abuse.

The 17-year-old Naledi Roberts was caught on camera as she lit a joint and put it in the mouth of a 1-year-old child. The ember of the joint at the other end flickers as the child is then seen taking a breath from it.

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The accusation is that Roberts then removed it from the child's mouth and kept smoking it.

Officers traveled to a private home in Florida on Thursday, March 23, in response to reports of child abuse, but it is still unknown how the investigators discovered the footage.

According to the Daily Mail, after being detained on Friday, Roberts confessed to smoking marijuana close to the young girl who belonged to a 16-year-old friend.

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After being shown the footage, she later admitted to placing the joint in the child's mouth.

Roberts was subsequently taken to Pinellas Juvenile Assessment Center after being charged with one case of child abuse.

According to a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman, the child appeared to be in great health and had not experienced any negative health effects as a result of the incident.

Despite being stopped by police for two traffic violations, Roberts was found to have no previous convictions.

She received two $166 (£135) penalties after being caught driving with a learner's permit without a passenger who was 21 or older in both October 2021 and December 2022.

In Florida, neglect or abuse of a kid that does not result in physical harm, damage, or disability is punishable by up to five years in jail and a fee of up to $4,000.

Harvard University reports that research has revealed that by the age of 14, children who had been exposed to cannabis were nearly twice as likely to "exhibit delinquent behaviors as drug use" and were more than twice as likely to use cannabis and tobacco frequently.