Student Suspended for Touching Pill

[gumboot]

Yes, and no.

Ah right, it appears there's an exception to the "ignorance is not a defense" principle with regard to US drug laws. Thanks for the info; I stand corrected.

It seems like the school official here is just acting as a robot, with some kind of programmed algorithm that says "Student touches drugs means student gets suspended, no questions, no exceptions." I guess this is what happens when petty bureaucrats rule the world.

I agree.

 

[GreenLines]

Remember, the victim is always at fault.

 

[pgwenthold]

Did anyone else see this thread and think it was about a pregnant girl who touched a Propecia pill?

 

[Alt+F4]

Did anyone else see this thread and think it was about a pregnant girl who touched a Propecia pill?

I did for a second, then I thought, "why would kids be bringing a pill that controls male pattern hair loss to middle school? Is this the new pre-teen high?"

In other Propecia news, a co-worker recently told me that women shouldn't even look at the pill.

 

[tyr_13]

Yes, the mom did. I agree that if the parents get together they could demand changes to the zero tolerance policy. Getting this girl on the news isn't going to change the policy (the non-involved public's attention span is short) but it's certainly not going to make her very popular back at middle school.

I have to disagree and say that media attention can indeed help. 'Getting parents together' is a lot easier when the parents have been exposed to what the great big wider world thinks. It's the entire, 'sunlight as an anti-microbial' thing.

And if enough of these incidents are given exposure, broader changes can be driven for as well. One school district can change a bad policy if the parents can be made to see it is a bad policy. Getting the general consensus to change takes more.