Drug War Madness

This time in Texas:

Administrators at Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club suspended a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday because his eyes were bloodshot and they thought he might have been smoking marijuana. The teen said he was not high. Instead his eyes were red because he had been grieving the loss of his murdered father. Kyler Robertson’s father was stabbed to death on Sunday. His mother honored his wishes and let him go to school on Tuesday to be with his friends.

After administrators learned of the situation they still barred him from school before taking a drug test (he passed - as if that really matters in this case). Scott Morgan is gobsmacked.

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