... before, but it left side effects that are probably worse then the problem. One of the reasons why the policy causes complications is its failure to define drugs. The Brown University Digest of Addiction theory & Application also believes that "The ineffectiveness of the zero tolerance approach to illegal drugs is tied to the fact that it fails to distinguish among drugs ... from school for possession of other types of drugs such as " Midol, Tylenol, Alka Seltezer, cough drops and Scope mouthwash"(Cauchon). A student who was only six years of age from Colorado Springs was suspended for h...

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