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Colorado music teacher accused of giving students marijuana

LOUISVILLE, Colo.- Police say a Colorado high school teacher gave students marijuana, reports CBS Denver.

Brian DuFresne, 49, a music teacher at Monarch High School, in Louisville, Colorado, has been placed on administrative leave from the school, officials said.

A student was allegedly recorded saying DuFresne gave him and another classmate marijuana edibles. Police say another teenager smoked with DuFresne in the teacher's car.

DuFresne has been a teacher at Monarch for 16 years.

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