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Elementary school warns of students inhaling candy

smarties (AP) — A growing national trend of crushing Smarties into powder and inhaling has reached at least one Kansas elementary school.

Officials at Enterprise Elementary School in south Wichita said last week that between 12 and 16 fifth-graders were crushing the candies, inhaling it into their mouths and exhaling through their noses.

It’s part of a nationwide trend, which some call a “sugar rush.”

Wichita district spokeswoman Susan Arensman says it was an isolated case involving one fifth-grade class. Parents of the students were called to attend a mandatory meeting at the school. She says the students will face disciplinary action.

The school plans to invite counselors, police officers or others from outside agencies to talk to students about the dangers of inhalants.

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