Woman charged with trying to force child to smoke marijuana

MACON, Mo. -- A mid-Missouri woman faces charges for allegedly trying to force her 3-year-old child to smoke marijuana.

Thea Allen, 18, of Macon, was charged last week with distributing a controlled substance to a minor, and two felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

The Macon Chronicle-Herald reported that three witnesses told police that Allen kicked the child last week, then tried to force the child to smoke a marijuana cigarettes.