RubberBuzz || Akron Unleashed: Caffeine Bust

3.25.2005

Caffeine Bust

Some crazy kids were stupid and took too many caffeinated mints which landed nine of them in the hospital. Now, the kid who brought the mints to school is suspended for ten days.

[The] mother of the suspended teen, said she bought the Blast Energy Supplemints at a drugstore. She said her son took the mints from her purse without her knowledge.

Cheryl Haschak, superintendent of the Jackson school district, said the suspension was for violating the school's ban on drugs, which covers drug-free items that look like pills.

So are kids also suspended for bringing in Red Bull or Dr. Pepper? I understand where the school is coming from by banning pills, but caffeine is totally legal. These mints are totally legal. And is suspension, ten days without school, really a punishment? How about making students go to school an extra ten days; that would be a real punishment.

Beacon Journal :: Mints with caffeine get boy suspended

(joe :: Caffeine Bust)

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