Texas: “A teenager was disciplined for sharing medication used to treat asthma, but he said it saved his girlfriend’s life, News2Houston reported Wednesday. Andra Ferguson and her boyfriend, Brandon Kivi, both 15, use the same type of asthma medicine, Albuterol Inhalation Aerosol. … But the school nurse said it was a violation of the district’s no-tolerance drug policy, and reported Kivi to the campus police. The next day, he was arrested and accused of delivering a dangerous drug. Kivi was also suspended from school for three days. He could face expulsion and sent to juvenile detention on juvenile drug charges.” (“Teenager In Trouble In Inhaler Incident”, Yahoo/KPRC, Oct. 8)(via WSJ “Best of the Web“)(see Apr. 8-9, 2002). More: Alan Brain gets the principal’s side of the story including some updates (student said not to have been expelled, police will not press charges) (Oct. 13). But see Click2Houston, Oct. 10 (student expelled until after Christmas, but has chosen to homeschool instead of returning).
Annals of zero tolerance: sharing asthma inhaler
Texas: “A teenager was disciplined for sharing medication used to treat asthma, but he said it saved his girlfriend’s life, News2Houston reported Wednesday. Andra Ferguson and her boyfriend, Brandon Kivi, both 15, use the same type of asthma medicine, Albuterol Inhalation Aerosol. … But the school nurse said it was a violation of the district’s […]
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