[wideminded]

Of course I agree that the administrators of this school are imbeciles, but nevertheless I think that albuterol can possibly be dangerous if misused. I once accompanied a close friend of my back to her house where we found that her young dog had been occupying himself by chewing on her asthma inhaler which was now punctured. Some time later I noticed that the dog seemed ill and I felt his heart. The dog's pulse was over 200 and stayed that way for many hours. We took him to the vet hospital for observation.

[Born Conservative]

nevertheless I think that albuterol can possibly be dangerous if misused

Without getting into a lot of pharmacology, Albuterol has a wide therapeutic index (The ratio between the toxic dose and the therapeutic dose of a drug), meaning that it would take a lot of Albuterol to cause an overdose. I think the important thing here is not that he broke the rules and (technically) the law, but that he saved her from possible death; I think he acted responsibly. I've seen kids die from asthma (when I worked in the hospital); it can happen. As for the dog, since the dog doesn't weigh as much as a human, and thus would need less of a dose, it's not surprising that it had those problems after ingesting a container of Albuterol (increased pulse and tremors are common side effects).

[dread78645]

but nevertheless I think that albuterol can possibly be dangerous if misused.

The LD50 is around 250 times the amount you'd get from a normally prescribed metered-dose inhaler. You'd probably die of CO₂ poisoning long before you could huff 250 times.

It is "dangerous" because it is delivered by an inhaler; Since the state can't tell the difference between Albuterol and Butyl-nitrate in the inhaler, they'll just ban all inhalers.

It's "dangerous" because it's inconvenient for the bureaucrats ...