"The law is a ass." - 'Birth-Control Pill Lands Fairfax Student 2-Week Suspension, Possible Expulsion.'

[Law of Eristic Escalation - the imposition of order = the escalation of chaos. ]

Somebody wanna tell me in what world any of this makes any sense? Asinine and ridiculous regulations. "For the children" of course, so let's screw them over repeatedly and stupidly.

Birth-Control Pill Lands Fairfax Student 2-Week Suspension, Possible Expulsion - washingtonpost.com:

"When a Fairfax County mother got an urgent call from school last month reporting that her teenage daughter was caught popping a pill at lunchtime, she did not panic. 'It was probably her birth-control pill,' she thought. She was right.

Her heart dropped that afternoon in the assistant principal's office at Oakton High School when she and her daughter heard the mandatory punishment: A two-week suspension and recommendation for expulsion.

'I realize my daughter broke a rule,' the mother said. But in an appeal to the school system, she reasoned, 'the punishment does not fit the crime.'

For two decades, many schools have set zero-tolerance policies on drugs. That means no over-the-counter drugs, no prescription drugs, no pretend drugs in student lockers or pockets. When many teens have ready access to medicine cabinets filled with prescription medications such as Xanax and Vicodin, any capsule or tablet is suspect.

...County policy permits cough drops to be carried on campus, for instance, but not shared. Arlington County policies permit high school students to carry over-the-counter pain relievers. A 2006 state law in Maryland overturned some local rules requiring a doctor's note for children to use sunscreen at school.

In Virginia, school systems must comply with state code regarding prescription medications and illegal drugs on campus. Students face expulsion if they bring to school any "controlled substance" or addictive drug regulated by the federal government. "Imitation controlled substances," which could include virtually any prescription pill, are subject to the same hefty repercussions. Local school boards can give a lighter punishment after a review.

...During two weeks of watching television game shows and trying to keep up with homework online, the Fairfax teen, an honor student and lettered athlete, had time to study the handbook closely. If she had been caught high on LSD, heroin or another illegal drug, she found, she would have been suspended for five days. Taking her prescribed birth-control pill on campus drew the same punishment as bringing a gun to school would have."