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Six-Year-Old
Suspended
from
School
for
Sharing
Lemon
Drops
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Authorities
call
in
ambulance
and
fire
department
11/23/97
In the latest in a national trend, a six year-old boy was suspended
from school for half a day for giving a lemon drop candy to a classmate.
Officials at Taylor Elementary School in Colorado Springs, CO summoned
an ambulance and the fire department to respond when they found the boys
in possession of the candies, which were bought by the student's mother
in a local health food store, and which school officials could not identify.
The suspension came despite the mother's assurances as to the identity
of the candies, and despite those assurances, school officials urged the
parents of both students to take the children to a local hospital for "tests".
The school district's policy treats any unfamiliar product as "drugs",
according to an administrator. The suspended student's mother told the
Denver Post that the school's response was one of "complete hysteria"
adding "I can't believe these people are educating our kids."
(http://www.denverpost.com/news/news1446.htm)
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Issue #20, 11/23/97
Texas Okays More Prison Construction | NIH Panel Urges Loosening of Restrictions on Methadone | Study Shows that Early Onset of Drug Use Makes Addiction Harder to Break | Brazilian Rock Band Incarcerated for Improper Lyrics | Canadian Mounties Target Medical Marijuana | Six-Year-Old Suspended from School for Sharing Lemon Drops -- Authorities call in ambulance and fire department | BBC Taking Online Poll/Comments on Marijuana Legalization | Public Forum in Minneapolis Drug Policy Reform Legislation in Connecticut | Editorial: Giving Thanks in a Time of (Drug) War
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