I ran to the school to wonder why. I didnt know what it was, Sharon said. I asked if it was pepper spray, peppers on sandwiches, and she said it was my son brought a pepper to school which I happen to have. We eat hot peppers, so its, like, no big deal.
Nick had brought ghost peppers to school and made the mistake of allowing his less-spicy-tolerant classmates to try them.
My friends saw that I had the new ghost pepper with me, and they all wanted to see how spicy it really was, because everybody thought that basically they could handle it and it was nothing, Nick described. So they all tried a piece.
Bhut Jolokia, also known as ghost pepper, is one of the hottest chili peppers on the planet, measuring in at over 1,000,000 units on the Scoville scale. Nick buys them online, three for $12. In comparison, the jalapeño pepper measures in at anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000 units.
Unfortunately his classmates couldnt handle the heat.
At least two of his buddies had to go see the nurse, red-faced and complaining of stomach pains and fiery tongues.
One ran to go get milk. Two were standing trying to fume it out and then they went to the nurse. They arent mad at me but they were in the moment, Nick told the New York Post.
Subsequently, administrators issued Nick the option of two days of after-school detention, or one day of in-school suspension.
I was told that its equivalent to giving someone LSD, Nick said. I was shocked, because I didnt realize that giving someone a pepper could get me into as much trouble as I was in.
The Liens attorney asserts the school overstepped their boundaries in attempting to regulate the type of foods a student can bring to lunch.
Students rights cannot be violated by dictating to them what they can and cant bring in for lunch, so its an outage, the familys attorney Ken Mollins said.
Despite ghost peppers already beginning to appear at fast-food restaurants like Wendys and Jack in the Box, the district superintendent has stood firm saying the peppers pose a risk to students.
With summer break fast approaching, Nick says he fears serving the detention will affect his grades.
All the work that we have now is all getting bunched together, and if I lose two days of school, then its really going to affect my grades, Nick claimed.
CBS New York notes there are no state laws prohibiting students from bringing peppers to school.
I remember when I went to elementary school, they actually had bottles of hot pepper vinegar on the tables that the students were free to use. A common joke was to pour a little in some unsuspecting victim's bottle (yes glass bottle) of milk. Nobody thought it was anything more than harmless fun.
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I was told that its equivalent to giving someone LSD
Yes, hot peppers are the exact equivalent of LSD.
Makes sense to me.
Maybe officers should just use LSD instead of pepper sauce in detainment efforts.
It would probably be cheaper
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Well, the school official (yes, allegedly, but I have no reason to doubt it) said it was. Hot pepper sauce never hurt anyone. The sauce police spray into people's eyes is much more potent than a ghost pepper and know no one has ever been blinded or killed by it.
The kid was just sharing food he eats. This is all too stupid.
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