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Posted on 05/19/2025 11:36:39 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
A Hernando High School teacher and football coach was arrested last week after police say he gave a student Kratom.
Kratom is a drug that, in low doses, produces stimulant-like effects like high energy and increased alertness. In high doses, it can act as a sedative.
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said on May 9, a school resource deputy responded to a classroom where a 17-year-old student was having a medical emergency.
The student was unresponsive, had a rapid pulse, shallow breathing and was hot to the touch, the deputy said. He performed a sternum rub on the student, who then sat up and said he was hot.
HCSO said the student’s heart rate and blood pressure were elevated when they took his vitals at the school.
Later on, the student said a teacher at the school, identified as 47-year-old Terry Kennedy, gave him two packets of a Kratom-based supplement that he took with a soda.
He said he had seen Kennedy, who also coaches football, use the supplement as an energy booster, and asked if he could have some.
The student began experiencing symptoms shortly after and was transported to a local hospital for treatment and observation.
Kratom, while not covered under the Controlled Substances Act, is illegal for juveniles to possess or consume in Florida. Kennedy said to police during questioning that he knew the supplement had Kratom in it.
A warrant for Kennedy’s arrest was issued on a misdemeanor charge of furnishing a kratom product to a juvenile. He turned himself in to the authorities on Saturday, and his bond was set at $500.
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Another coach in the news. The other one was “Coach Tim Walz.”
Oh, those glorious days.
‘Coach Walz’ rallies Democrats with personal pitch to middle America.
BBC online. August 22, 2024.
Tim Walz is running for vice-president, but for a while on Wednesday night, it felt like he was campaigning to be the nation’s high school football coach.
Before he spoke, roughly a dozen of the players on the team he helped coach to a Minnesota state championship decades ago ran on stage, some wearing their old high-school jerseys, bouncing to the blasting horns of a marching band.
Once Mr Walz did appear, delegates in the packed arena waved signs that read “Coach Walz” – and the crowd chanted “coach, coach, coach!”
Pro wrestler Sabu (Terry Strunk) was given a huge dose of this before his last match last month. He died three weeks later but the reason(s) why haven’t come in yet.
Dude’s career took a horrendous toll on his body and at 60-years old should have retired long before, but being so legitimately tough it’s hard to believe this “gas station drug” contributed to his demise.
Tsk. You don’t teach kids how to use drugs. You let them learn on their own!
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When I was in high school, we would buy Dexatrim over the counter. I worked at a family steakhouse with classmates and we would all take it - it made us jittery and we joked it made us energetic but in the end, we all moved on to just drinking Mountain Dew for the caffeine.
Should have just given the student a sex change. That’s okay for some reason.
While traveling on last Friday, I stopped in West Hazelton, PA for my hotel for the night. While driving through a heavily Latino section...I noticed all the local convenience stores had signs in the window...”We Have Kratom”. I thought, ‘What the hell is Kratom?’ Now I know.
A good friend of mine had been in chronic pain for years as the result of a severe auto accident. He had been taking opioids for 20 years to manage the pain. Tried kratom a couple of years ago and was able to quit the opioids.
Not saying kratom is the best thing out there but I have seen it really help someone.
BFLR
“…. it’s hard to believe this “gas station drug” contributed to his demise.”
It seems that kratom can cause serious liver problems. The NIH says, “… a wide range of rare but serious adverse effects associated with kratom exposure—including mental and neurological symptoms (confusion, tremors and seizures), heart and lung problems (high blood pressure and slow breathing), gastrointestinal problems (nausea and vomiting) and liver problems.”
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