suspended over Tylenol

via wvec:

A Norfolk middle school student suspended over a tablet of Tylenol gets to go back to school, but has to attend drug and alcohol counseling. 13-year-old Gabriella Nieves has missed two days of class already over the tablet of Tylenol she says a classmate gave her for a headache... “I think it's unfair that I have to go to a drug and alcohol counseling ... they're making it out like I brought a gun to school,” said Gabriella.

“When they look at my record, when I try to apply for college and they see that I went to drug and alcohol counseling, a drug offense in middle school, they're going to reject me,” she said.

“She's not going to no drug and alcohol program,” remarked Gabriella’s mother, Dawn.

this is ridiculous. i know there are zero tolerance policies in schools, and mostly for good reasons, but this is ridiculous.