Say the 9-year old has a medical issue like narcolepsy or ADHD (which I've seen mentioned but haven't seen a clip of Nick confirming), I think these idiots were legitimately attempting to use cocaine to treat their child.
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner. (I think)
It's crazy that even people who hate Nick far more than I do are having a tough time accepting or believing this possibility, as horrifying as it may seem.
Let's go over some of the theories that I think are off-base first. Also, those people who are very off on some of this stuff should be PROUD of their ignorance as opposed to embarrassed. It means you've generally avoided hard drug use or people who did such use, and never had to worry about a drug test, or dealt with the court system. Good for you, I mean it!
1. "Maybe it was just rubbed in her hair when Dad was patting her good night after a coke binge?" No, that is not why it was found in her hair. It is because hair is tested for serious matters as opposed to a mere urine test. That is because the hair retains traces for many months, as opposed to urine (urine can be traced back further through gas chromatagraphy at much greater cost, but the usual, cheaper tests do not go back as far). It is not a surface thing, it is symptomatic of ingestion. Yeah, I know others have pointed this out already, but it apparently needs to be repeated often, as I am still hearing the "daddy pat" theory.
2. "It's a false positive!" Yeah, a slim possibility. But one that declines when one hears a) how Nick was not only leaving coke lying around at his own house, but at OTHER houses with kids in them! b) he had fucking coke on his nose for all to see c) was busted by "muh state" with everything that was suspected. If the girl had a positive in a house full of Mormons with no drug evidence found and no signs of weird behavior by the adults, then, yeah, "false positive" has a little more plausibility.
3. "She got it in her as there is a constant cloud of cocaine floating around the house!" Well, why did no other kids test positive? Also, this immediately reveals to me who hasn't been around hard drugs or hard drug users. Junkies like the Nick polycule can be the biggest slobs on Earth, but the one thing they aren't sloppy with is their cocaine! They know where every granule is and don't want to waste it. They will look around in their carpet under where they used with a light "just in case" some fell down there...even though they know none did. They will lick it off the tank lid of a toilet if they spill some. There's no random cloud just floating around the house, this isn't weed. While Nick has more money than most users and can afford a litlte spillage, it still means a quicker trip to Minneapolis or wherever he was buying, so even a rich guy like him will be looking for every grain. Also, coke given away to degen friends is not "wasted", it helps tighten the circle of dependents and degeneracy. It was in her body because she ingested it, period. Sorry. Yes, it's heartbreaking.
ACTUAL LIKELY THEORIES:
I think there are two theories that make the most sense, and one that makes less sense, but is still possible. It is the worst possible option, but I think it should be addressed.
1. I think the "they gave it to her for ADHD" theory is surprisingly as likely as any! Nick is exactly the kind of guy to think "wow, the drug warriors have been lying to me about this coke shit just like they lied about weed for decades, I feel great! Coke is amazing!" This is a very common phase for the early cokehead. They have more energy, are getting more done, and feel strong. Does quick google search "cocaine and ADHD" and finds articles similar to the one somebody posted which claimed that coke can have a calming affect on ADHD. As Warski put it, "cokeheads make cocaine plans". This is so true, and I could easily see two coked out idiots like Nick and Kayla thinking this would be a good idea. I can also see Kayla going "coca is a plant and isn't as chemical-laden as all those Western pharma-meds! We're rich and getting the pure stuff!" I hate to even think of this option, but what have I written above that doesn't square with how these two think about things?
2. The kid got into it herself. Clearly, they weren't careful about leaving it out. Also, all it would take is spying on them one time to know how it works. "Oh, now Uncle Aaron picks up the straw, puts it in his nose, breathes in, and then he laughs a lot and has fun!" Or she may have just eaten some thinking it was sugar or something sweet. Also, they probably were left alone all the time and could watch whatever movies or shows they wanted. You don't think Rekieta owns a blu-ray of Johnny Depp's "Blow"? But my guess is she saw one of the adults do it and copied it, if that is what happened and the Rekietas didn't give it to her for ADHD. This squares well with the "worst day of my life" theory as well. While she is clearly Rackets most troubled kid, I don't recall him describing her as dumb? She sounds exactly like the kind of kid who would push boundaries, do foolish things, but have the mental capacity to figure out how to snort coke and hide it. I knew kids who were getting into mom's coke stash when they were 10 years old, so why not an 8 year old?
3. The worst possible timeline: the theory that someone was giving it to her to numb her out for sexual exploitation. While I think this is less likely than the other two theories above, at every turn, things have turned out WORSE than we could imagine! I think it's unlikely, but not out of the realm of possibility. Someone upthread suggested that "people in polycules aren't likely to also be pedos". Sadly, that is very far from true. Not that all poly people are like that, I think the majority arent, but those lifestyles are definitely seen as a "safe space" from a pedo's point of view. Lower inhibitions, oftentimes heavy partying, loose morality, are all a pretty good base for that shit. For example, the Rajnessh cult had adults fucking each other, but also fucking kids (which was barely touched on in the weirdly apologetic
Wild Wild Country).
Final note: the notion that Nick "had five kids so his share of the trust would be bigger" is floating around out there and was mentioned by Legal Mindset today. What is the evidence for that? I remember Mirna Minkoff theorizing about that, but I don't think it was any more than a theory on her part. Is there any real evidence for that? Did Nick say his trust is structured like that? It is something you could do with a trust, but most families don't necessarily do it like that. Also, I think Nick used to genuinely lked having kids. But his midlife crisis/cocaine combo probably put a whammy on that. He went from "yeah, kids wear you out and say the darndest things" (like most parents feel) to "uggh, goddamn kids" in just a few years.