High School Boy Arrested For Possession Of Diet Pills
Dec
31
A Massachusetts woman is suing the town of West Newbury and her then 16 year old sons school over his arrest last year. The arrest occurred after his principal found a plastic bag of ephedra diet pillsin his backpack and called police. Since ephedra is chemically similar to amphetamines the police mistakenly determined the pills to be illegal.
The mother is suing for a total of 5 million dollars. In my opinion this mother is not going to win her case. The school officials and law enforcement officers made an honest mistake and if the courts allow this woman to win her case it will become cause more apprehension from school officials reporting the students that may be possessing illegal drugs.