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Parents have been known to breathe a sigh of relief when school gets back in session, but these moms went maybe a bit too far with the puffing.

A Vancouver Island mother pulled over for speeding in a school zone Tuesday morning admitted she’d shared a joint with the other moms in the car, telling police they were celebrating getting the kids out of their hair after a long summer.

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When the officer smelled smoke emanating from the car near Marigold Elementary and Spectrum Secondary in Saanich, she readily fessed up to smoking some pot with the other women before getting behind the wheel.

“As soon as she rolled down the window it was pretty evident that the people in that car, or the driver herself, had been smoking a joint prior to being stopped,” Sgt. John Price told CTV Vancouver Island.

“She did admit to smoking a joint, and tried to excuse it away by saying her and some of the other moms this morning had a celebratory joint, celebrating that the kids were back in school.”