GROESBECK, TX — Police in one Central Texas town want parents everywhere on the lookout for an increase in drug activity.... drug activity that as recently as just a few days ago, began infiltrating our classrooms.
They say after they found it in their community, others must still have the problem.
They started turning up around Halloween, they look like transformers or pac-man vitamins.
But police say they contain almost pure MDMA....ecstasy.
"How concerned am I about this? I'm VERY concerned," said Groesbeck Police Chief Chris Henson.
So Groesbeck Police Sounded the Alarm, stopping short of telling parents of setting up airport checkpoints to search their children coming and going.
Why?
"The appearance of the narcotics and how easily overlooked they are that's the concerning part," explained Henson.
They look like candy or vitamins, so how did police and Groesbeck High leaders find them?
A tip to the school website.
"Did the tip come with a lot of information or just a little bit? it came with just enough," said Groesbeck High School Principal, Dr. Bonnie Bomar.
Just enough for assistant Principal Staci Kirk to connect the dots, landing two students behind bars, so far.
”I was surprised. It wasn't a group of kiddos that I expected," said Dr. Bomar.
Proving the need for more vigilance for teachers AND parents.
One thing both police and school leaders worry about is the potency of these drugs. Because they're "home packaged" by drug dealers, sometimes, one pill can have the strength of four, leading to an overdose.
Police say it did lead to one overdose and maybe even one death.
But the school and police have begun the full court press getting the whole community to ask questions, and watch for warning signs.
"This is a whole line of education I never expected when I got into this business," said Dr. Bomar.
Both Bomar and Henson say, bottom line, drug dealers have begun using our children as drug mules, and they say only we parents can stop them.
"If your first inclination is to say, 'My kid would never...' you're the first parents I wanna check," explained Henson.
