Today I read an article called "Boulder Police Arrest 3 Students in Drug Case" by Annette Espinoza of The Denver Post. The article basically told about how Boulder policemen recently arrested three juveniles on April fourth after receiving some complaints from officials at Nevin Platte Middle school. It was reported that the students had brought proscriptive drugs to school to share and swap with other students. The drugs that were used were called Strattera and Concerta that are used to treat and order called ADHD. One of the girls who took one of the pills went home sick after trying it. Two of the students have been charged with distribution and possession of a schedule II controlled substance and unlawful acts while the third was charged with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful act. It was rather shocking that these harsh of measures were taken, but it is definitely a good thing and will hopefully teach these students a lesson. The girl who had taken the pill was later taken to the hospital and released by her grandparents.
What Matters: I think what matters from this article is the fact that these students would want to do this to themselves and put themselves in this sort of situation. Instead of taking such harsh disciplinary action why not sit down and have a serious talk with these kids about why they did what they did? I personally think that would be much more effective than punishing them.
How this Affects Me: I think this affects me as well as the rest of the teenager population, it's things like this that ruin kid's lives. While I do support some kind of discipline to be handed out I do not think that that's nearly as effective as sending the kid to a counselor or someone like that. I also think that these school should be doing more than they are currently doing to cut back on things like this.
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