ZeroIntelligence.net (love the new design, btw) reports that a Louisiana 10th-grader has been expelled for a year from Parkway High School for having OTC ibuprofen in her purse. This apparently violated the school's "tough-antidrug rules."
What I particularly enjoy about this article is that it segues directly from the student's common-sense defense...
Amanda, 14, said she carried the tablets to treat headaches.
“I think we’re old enough to know how many we can take without overdosing or being in danger,” she said.
...to this summary of the horrific drug raid at Goose Creek High School:
Last month armed police stormed a high school in South Carolina and ordered children to the floor at gunpoint so they could conduct a drugs search. Officers ran into Stratford High School in Goose Creek, screaming at pupils to lie face down, before rifling through their bags.
Students who did not do as they were told were handcuffed.
Parents were outraged at the raid, but principal George McCrackin said he would “utilise whatever forces that I deem necessary” to keep drugs out of the school.
No drugs were found in the raid.
The obvious conclusion for the reader is to draw a connection between McCrackin's insane police action and Parkway High School’s insane anti-drug rules. The two occurences differ only in degree, not in kind.
Posted by kswygert at March 8, 2004 03:24 PM