too bad we didn’t have poison free school zones ……

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>Students Poisoned at Florida School
> UPI
> Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000
>Two students at a Jacksonville, Fla., middle school were questioned by
>police after they allegedly put rat poison into salsa served with lunch,
>sickening 34 of their classmates, WJXT-TV of Jacksonville reported.
>Fifteen of the Paxon Middle School students were taken to the hospital
>complaining of nausea, headaches and stomach pain.
>
>Twenty-five grams of rat bait pellets called Talon-G were put into the
>condiment. Dr. Phyllis Stenklyft of Shands Hospital described the product
as
>an anti-coagulant, or blood thinner, that would not be lethal in the small
>amount each student consumed.
>
>Symptoms can last up to 48 hours, and she said the students would need to
>have blood tests of their liver function.
>
>Principal Richard Scott said he did not know of any motive for the crime.
>One of the suspects was described as a seventh-grade boy. No charges have
>been filed yet.
>
>Parents were outraged by the poisioning and some are considering legal
>action. Tansy Shootes, whose son was poisoned, said, “If this can happen at
>Paxon, it can happen anywhere. The kids are really not safe.”