9-Year-Old Accused of Dealing Cough Drop Drugs

I cannot get over these hideously stupid and highly over paid teachers. One teacher tried to have my daughter for talking about a Shi Tzu in class, she thought my daughter was saying, "shit"...I called the principal on that one. Needless to say, my daughter got out of the suspension.

This is flu season, my gosh!

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Someone needs to cough in the face of whatever bureucrat made up that stupid rule.

I hope that poor little girl does not get a juvenile record as a result of this.

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Oh, God, this is ridiculous. It's not the first time, though. I worked for a teacher (corrected papers, organized files, ect.) and when I went back to class, she gave me a bottled water and a pack of crystal light. It was the kind you can put in one bottle of water, shake up, and drink. In my next class, a different teacher took it from me and smelled it, then accused me of putting drugs in my water. I was embarrassed, and she was fired later in the year. This just drives me nuts.

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BULLSHI_!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OMG where is america going now cough drops!!!!!! We are getting closer to Russia everyday it is sick where are we free really look at it.

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Most teachers are overpaid lackeys and the school administrators are the same. This is a total lack of common sense and the result of the stupidity inherent in "educators" riding on the gravy train of tenure. It's no wonder kids hate school with this kind of nonsense going on.

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First, shame on AOL for the headline in order to get us to read the article. Second, shame on that goofy teacher that gags at a gnat and swallows a camel. Kids have so many ridiculous rules they have to follow just in order to get to attend school. We are 'lawing' ourselves into a mess in this country! This teacher is also probably the one that sits on the bench outside and makes fun of the poor kids because of how they dress and smell. I wonder what her overall state scores for her classroom are? Are her children passing? geez. This is just stupid.

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Yes, we have a big Hall's Defense Vitamin C cough drops problem here in the U.S...Our government spends billions of dollars a year trying to stop the import of this dangerous and addictive drug from other countries, but it looks like they have failed. Does anyone know what planet this teacher came from? That's just stupid.

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Yale medical school says that 4% of the American population is psychopathic/sociopath. A teacher that knowingly overreacts like this is a psychopath that is ever-vigilant for a reason to go off on someone. These psychos can only operate in a system that attracts and encourages such behavior. I hope all of you readers do what I did: Email the school district and let them know how ridiculous their behavior has been. dmahla@mail.clay.k12.fl.us

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Sue Bee

How unfortunate that your 6 year old has to forego eating peanut butter sandwhiches at school because a classmate could become severly ill or die due to peanut allergies. What happened to the sense of community and care and concern for the well-being of all of our students? What if YOUR child were the one with the severe food allergies?!!!!! Everyone knows 6 year olds don't have expanded food preferences. Consider this: there are great soynutbutter alternatives to peanut butter that taste great! Why not let your child try this without letting on that it's not peanut butter. I bet with a little jelly, honey, or sliced bananas your child won't even notice the difference. As a parent of a child with severe food allergies, I am deeply saddened when I hear parents talk as you have. Believe me, I and parents who are in the same boat are faced with the dilema of keeping our children safe from exposure to potentially life threatening allergens. Please remember - we truly need to work together in our schools for the well-being of EVERY child.

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I think it's great getting children involved in the family business. Start them as young as possible. You build bonds the families will remember for a long, long time. I wish my family got me more involved. I feel so neglected. I think I'll call my parents, tell them how much I love them!!

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My 7 year old son has had chapped lips for a couple days now. We live in Wisconsin and winter is getting nasty here. Anyway, I had him put chap stick on before school and told him to bring it with him in his pocket. He told me they are not allowed to carry it. I think that is ridiculous. I don't want him getting cracked, bleeding lips. The other night he couldn't eat because of his chapped lips. They need to draw a line somewhere because this is getting ridiculous.

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I guess all the teachers sipping coffee in the lunchroom should be cited for doing drugs too since caffeine is a stimulant??? This is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard, and for the authorities to actually pay attention to this is even more insane. The poor little girl is going to be humiliated over a kooky teacher? If the parent gave her cough drops, which are over the counter, it is none of the teachers business. I understand about controllin medicines, but cough drops are 95% candy. Meanwhile teachers smoke and drink coffee? DUH.

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WOW, how did I ever manage to survive school without all these rules and regulations. Restrictions have gone way to far! When I was a kid we could even carry a pocket knife to school. Now kids are so desynthesized by violent videos, video games, and some music, etc. they not only carry knives but guns. They use them without any reguard to human life. This poor child - how tramatic for her. What about the long term effect as to how she will reguard the importance of school and an education - I am sure it will never be the same.

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they r putting people in jail for nothing now a days and it dont make any since at all. they need to b out getting the real criminals.

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What the hell is going on in our schools. Instead of the teacher policing themselves to make sure they are educating the fallen youth of today, they are running behind COUGH DROPS!!

You have got to be WTF kidding me like yesterday.

These teachers are too caught up in the ridiculousness of some kind of Jerry Springer tv show. Instead of chasing after education they are chasing after cough drops.

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All of the above writers are very WRONG! There's too many children of all ages today that take drugs. The child can also be very crafty and hide an unlawful drug such as oxycontin in the cough drop package! It's been done, believe me, and especially in junior high school and high school! Our rule for medicines in school is that the meds must be turned over to the nurse and the teachers are required to allow the child to go to the nurse's station when the medications are due to be taken. IF the school does not employ nurses for each building, then the meds should be given to the teacher with an explanation as to what the drug is for written on a note from the parent! All of these rules are to counteract the fact that too many young children (rare in elementary schools but not at all rare in higher grades) are now experimenting with drugs and some students purposely bring forbidden pills to school to sell! All of you who are writing ugly things about the teacher simply do not know what you're talking about, especially since the child with the "cough" drops was taking money for her 'pill'!!!! Teachers are made responsible for far more than most of you have any knowledge of, but our system sends a letter home with each child at the beginning of the year explaining all the schools rules to the parent and the above information is part of that letter!

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THE FOUTH GRADE TEACHER SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM HER POSITION, BECAUSE SHE ATE A BOWL OF STUPID FOR BREAKFAST

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what seems really crazy to me is that many schools have vending machines that sell red bull and caffeinated soda, not to mention just tons of sugary stuff- I guess drugs are okay if the school is benefiting financially-

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