COVINGTON, Ga., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials at a Georgia grade school suspended a 9-year-old boy after he was caught crushing up Smarties candies and snorting the powder, the boy's mother said. Chelsi ...

A Rhode Island school is warning parents about students snorting crushed-up Smarties. Portsmouth MIddle School in Portsmouth, RI., told parents snorting the fruit-flavored, tablet candy can lead to ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. ” A Summit Middle School nurse’s October post to an online industry mailing list led to a front-page story ” about kids “smoking” the candy Smarties like cigarettes ” in the Wall ...

COVINGTON, Ga. -- It's an ongoing trend that has parents and teachers baffled: kids crushing Smarties candies into powder and sniffing it. Nine-year-old Demitri Santiago was recently suspended from ...

Considering that some kids found a dumb way to enjoy Smarties, bonappetit.com placed the popular little sugar pills on its list of 10 worst Halloween candies. The website pointed out that there are ...

Most parents of middle school-aged children are prepared to talk to their kids about bullying, drugs, drinking and even sex. But Smarties snorting? Yup. Add this bizarre practice to the list of things ...

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. — A South Carolina principal has reportedly warned parents that some students have been inhaling powdered candy. According to FOX Carolina, Fountain Inn Elementary School principal ...

Parents across the country are being warned of a dangerous new trend of kids snorting the candy Smarties, imitating videos they've seen on YouTube that show the candy being crushed and then snorted.

Fourth and fifth-grade students in the US have been caught smoking and inhaling crushed Fun Dip and Smarties candy. At least 31 students at Fountain Inn Elementary School were caught by faculty ...

There are so many things wrong with this trend. For starters: don't waste candy. Don't waste the delicious sugar that will perk you up for 7 minutes only to send you crashing down seconds later.