DEL CITY -- An 8-year-old boy overdosed at school, reportedly on 25 Ritalin pills.
Dakota Loflin was transported to a local hospital. His doctor said it could take three days for the medication to wear off. The boy's mother said on the last day of school, which was Tuesday, the school secretary sent Dakota home with the bottle of Ritalin and he ate all of them.
Doctors are waiting to see if there is permanent damage.
"You need to be careful and make sure that if your kid has had medicine at school, make sure that you have picked it up or that you have gotten it from your kids," Dakota's mother said.
Del City school officials couldn't say how many prescriptions were sent home with children. They are now investigating.
May 20, 2004
How damn stupid is this teacher giving a child his medication to "take home"? Talk about negligence! Both parent and teacher should be facing charges. The parent for putting her kid on Ritalin in the first place, the teacher for having NO BRAINS whatsoever.
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