LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A growing concern in Lynchburg is catching the attention of city leaders... children showing up to school high, from second-hand marijuana smoke.

It’s not something you’d expect to hear about in an elementary school, but Lynchburg Councilwoman Stephanie Reed says it’s happening, and it starts at the home or in the car-ride to school.

Experts say parents smoking marijuana in their vehicles are exposing their children to secondhand smoke.

“This is really not an attack on people who choose to do that as consenting adults, but this is about the impact it’s having on these children that people are not thinking about,” said Reed.

Reed spends a lot of time with students in Lynchburg City Schools, especially at the elementary level, reading to them. She says she was sho

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