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• 9-year-old so drunk he nearly died

  Police said a nine-year-old boy found passed out on a playground barely conscious was very drunk. When he sobered up, police charged him with a crime, and he’s not the only one in trouble. Late last month, two kids found their 9-year old friend passed out at a Carlsbad playground. He was incoherent, his eyes glazed over, and he could barely move. They carried him to a bench and called for help. When police arrived, the 9-year-old was unresponsive on the bench. The cuts on his face, other kids said, came when he fell face first onto the pavement. The boy was rushed to the hospital and spent the night in the intensive care unit. His father, who did not wish to be identified, said he was scared “that he was going to die from alcohol poisoning.”