Girl Is Suspended for Having Advil
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A junior high honor student was suspended for a day after bringing a bottle of nonprescription painkiller Advil to school in her backpack, officials said. A spokeswoman for the Humble Independent School District north of Houston said district policy requires students to give all drugs, prescription or nonprescription, to the school nurse, who then dispenses them. “I think the punishment is way too severe. All my grades are going to be affected by this,” said Brooke Olson after her suspension at Kingwood Middle School.
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