That's a never forgive situation... And why are they drug testing kids at school?
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How many kids who were positive for all drugs did they tell were negative?
For those asking what kind of school does drug testing, The Pinnacle Schools in Huntsville, AL are one of those “troubled teen” schools that usually get shut down for abuse. No website for the place that I’ve found, but there’s this PDF: https://media.al.com/breaking/other/The%20Pinnacle%20Schools.pdf
It's not uncommon for schools to do it to let students park on campus and other stuff.
Honestly if you did all those drugs together and had no apparent side effects I would consider it a superpower.
~~high-functioning~~ god-level functioning drug user
The drugs are there to restraint them but once every 12 episodes they throw away the drugs and reveal their full dexterity.
Your country is in dire straights when schools are doing mandatory drug testing of their students.
Late 90s, early 00s, my school didn't even have security. Two pupils were in charge of keeping track who came to the school and would direct visitors. Some teachers would send them to the nearby store to pick up their groceries. It was on rotation and they didn't attend classes that day. The word "drug" was associated with medicine. We used slippers to hit each other with. What a different world, now that I think about it.
What? I graduated in '06 and we had a school cop and metal detectors.
I graduated in 04 but went to a lot of different schools, and one of the bigger ones had metal detectors and sometimes a violent (edit: hahaha violent was supposed to be “cop”, what a wild autocorrect from my fat fingered misspelling!) but was also built using prison blueprints so it was very easy to secure that way (one main door and two side doors that stayed locked most of the time), but the smaller schools had nothing, as it would have cost a lot more to set up there and they didn’t have the budget (multiple entryways, many ground floor windows, etc.).
It also probably depends on the region.
Lol my school was 110 years old in 03. It's still being used.
When I was I school, they did random drug tests for those on sports teams. This is considered legal, since the participation on a team is voluntary
Actually good parents. They do not blindly disregard negative things about their child AND they admit to be wrong AND apologize for it too!
Sounds more like parents with trust issues in this case ngl. Like if some stranger knocked on their door and accused child of murdering 12 people parents would probably accept to be witness in court.
An actual test result from an official body is a little different.
I have mixed feelings, though I agree they owned up to their error, which is more important than being perfect, so they are good parents.
But...if someone was positive for every drug tested for, and there was no sign of it in their behavior, I would probably want to check the test since that seems like an error. Like if I peed in a cup at a doctor's office and they found me with traces of every disease, they'd have me come in to piss in another cup since error would be waay more likely.
They are only testing for a few standard drugs and there are enough people that really do all of those. My friend died from this shit, we did not know that he also did hard stuff.
Where would she even get barbiturates after the year 2000?! That should be their first clue!
As a parent this was kinda like I was thinking. Parents are just everyday humans trying to do what’s right and we don’t always succeed.
Good on these folks. Plus it’s actually a pretty funny story.
But why a school is doing a random drug test especially if they aren’t even qualified to read the results is a different story…