Boy, 13, Suspended for Sharing Prescribed Pill
From Times Wire Reports
Because of a zero-tolerance drug policy, a 13-year-old boy has been suspended from school for 45 days for giving a cousin a cold pill -- even though it had been prescribed for both children.
More than 50 people have signed a petition asking the West Jordan School Board to modify its rigid policy, said Heidi Burningham, the boy’s mother.
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