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A Quebec First-Grader May Have Gotten His Classmates High on Speed... on a Bus

It’s like ‘Speed,’ but with speed instead of a bomb, and children instead of Keanu.

If you couldn't imagine anything worse than a schoolbus of full of screaming children, I present to you: a schoolbus full of screaming school children ON SPEED.

This nightmarescape is an actual thing that happened on Monday morning, disrupting the calm in the normally quaint town of Saint Paul, Quebec.

According to a report by TVA, a bus driver trying to calm down a squabble discovered the children were arguing over a jar of something they all believed to be candy. But according to a couple of the kids' parents, the goods were distributed to about 10 children and contained speed.

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Reporters were told that a six-year-old boy had found the tablets in his snow pants pocket, where his stepfather had allegedly opted to hide his stash.

Though there are no reports of serious illness or injury, one parent did bring her daughter to hospital after she complained of stomach pains.

The Sûreté du Québec (the provincial police force) is currently investigating, but a spokesperson says it's too early to confirm that the children were in fact cranked up on amphetamines. "We're currently investigating to determine the type and origins of these pills," Sergeant Ronald McInnis told VICE

While McInnis couldn't confirm whether this could lead to arrests, he said the school board, the school, and the child protection agency were also involved in the investigation.

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