Lewisville teen's hand sanitizer gel sniff 'not a crime'

The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 26, 2008 | WENDY HUNDLEY

[BigEdLB]

Sometimes the school officials act like idiots. I guess it will go on that kid’s “PERMANENT RECORD” anyway...

[rednesss]

"It's not a crime. Hand sanitizer does not fall within that statute," said Jamie Beck, first assistant district attorney in Denton County. "The police agency brought it up mistakenly thinking it was."

"Says you!!!!"

[PBRSTREETGANG]

We would’ve all gotten busted back in the day...smelling the fresh xerox (purple) copies after they were handed out.

[massgopguy]

AHA, a “Mimeograph head”.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Guilty as charged.

[Izzy Dunne]

Sometimes the school officials act like idiots

And sometimes they're not acting.

[Mugwump]

“We would’ve all gotten busted back in the day...smelling the fresh xerox (purple) copies after they were handed out.”

Exactly. They came from a device called a Ditto machine, and in my schools, the entire student body would have ended up in “juvie”, given today’s attitudes.

And I don’t remember getting “high” from them, we just liked the smell.

Of course, I’m one of the few people who can verify that some manufacturers put a wintergreen flavoring in some brands of school paste...

:0)

[posterchild]

The smell of hand sanitizer reminds me of the old Wash’n’Dry packets which I typically only used while in a car. I love the smell of hand sanitizer, it smells of roadtrip. Keep your laws off my sanitizer!

[stinkerpot65]

Government schools are evil.

[Samwise]

"The charge said he was using the product other than its intended use," she said. "Huffing hand sanitizer is certainly using it for something other than its intended use."

Then why are hand sanitizers scented?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

And I don’t remember getting “high” from them, we just liked the smell.

I don't recall getting "high" from them either...same as hand sanitizer.

[Samwise]

Sometimes the school officials act like idiots.

Maybe it's not an act.

[Kharis13]

Boy oh boy, the school gets upset over this boy sniffing a hand-sanitizer? Imagine what they’d have done if they’d caught me eating all that paste in first grade!

A little paste venever hurt anyyyybody...anyyybody...anyyboddy...anyb...

[Mugwump]

sEe PoZT 8...

[mom.mom]

So why wouldn’t the teacher be arrested for allowing a substance easily accessible to students that causes “intoxication, hallucination and elation?”

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Make sure your kids don’t have access to “Dust-Off.” Huffing that will kill you!

[Old Professer]

What’s next, tincture of iodine?

[Old Professer]

That wasn’t Xerox, that was mimeograph.

Properly used it would deliver almost 500 readable copies.

All the ones I got in grade school were the last 600.

[susannah59]

I'm in healthcare and use hand sanitizer umpteen times a day. I guess, now, when I forget something, I can blame it on my hand sanitizer.

I don't blame the kid's dad. I'd be pretty irate, too. This is so stupid!!!

And aah, yes, the smell of the purple mimeograph stuff.... I never ate the paste, though!