Posted on 06/10/2014 3:59:09 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
An entire first-grade class was bused to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for monitoring Tuesday after a 6-year-old was spotted with packets that police said likely contained heroin.
The incident happened when a teacher at John Barry Elementary at 59th and Race Streets in West Philadelphia noticed one of her students playing with small plastic packets she had brought to school.
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I can’ recall anyone bringing heroin to school when I was a kid, a frog yes.
This sort of thing happened all the time when I was a kid...
One of my class mates brought in a dead squirrel for show and tell. (That is a true story !)
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No test to confirm the packets, no discovery if any kid ingested any of them.
Just haul the whole class to the hospital, and blast the worst-case scenario on the news.
What exactly comprises “overreacting” anymore?
Becky Morrell peed in the floor in my forth grade class but no one went to the hospital
Your classmate was nuts...
Your right about that. Interesting that sometimes the kids we thought were so funny were really crazy..
Poor kid. I wonder if this was a cry for help?
Little plastic packets filled with heroin = Philadelphia Legos
No test to confirm the packets, no discovery if any kid ingested any of them.
Just haul the whole class to the hospital, and blast the worst-case scenario on the news.
What exactly comprises “overreacting” anymore?
IMO if it can be absorbed through their skin, the school officials made the right decision.
“Charges are likely, Russell said, once officials determine how the child got the 10 packets of drugs.”
—Alright Kid, you like Big Bird?
Cause you ain’t gonna see him for ten years...
“What exactly comprises “overreacting” anymore?”
Ramping up the hysteria as they see their drug war (and means of social control) slip away.
“IMO if it can be absorbed through their skin, the school officials made the right decision.”
If it was heroin they could have swallowed the whole mess and been none the worse..
If it was cocaine or something else....
more problematic
The scenario that makes sense to me is, school officials absorbed the drugs thru their skin, and made a nutty decision as a result.
A sweet little girl in our carpool brought a dogs heart full of heart worms for show and tell. Her father was a vet. Very gross.
Poor kid. I wonder if this was a cry for help?
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More likely that she thought it was just a normal part of life.
Can’t end the war on drugs if some substances are kept illegal...
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