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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:36 PM
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Bloodshot eyes always mean you've been smoking pot?
Trophy Club high school suspended a grieving 16-year-old boy for smoking marijuana because he had “bloodshot eyes” -- two days after his father died.

Kyler Robertson, a junior at Byron Nelson High School, was suspended for three days and transferred to an alternative school until January.

His father, Richard Robertson of Fort Worth, was stabbed to death near Azle on Sunday after getting into an argument with another man, police said. Kyler lives with his mother, Cristy Fritz, who has not been together with Robertson for a number of years.

On Tuesday, Kyler’s mother said her son was still grieving but longed for a sense of normalcy and wanted to be around friends.
"He insisted on going to school and said he just wanted everything to be, you know, normal," Fritz said.

more . . . http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/School-Tells-Mom-Bloodshot-Eyes-Equals-Drug-Use-102594164.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677//vp/39107508#39107508
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:39 PM
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1. then arrest this allergy sufferer who has never partaken of the stuff
at all.

:shrug:
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 09:12 PM
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40. No shit....My eyes have been bloodshot since the end of August.
nt
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:40 PM
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2. Zero tolerance on bloodshot eyes...
It's the only way to win the drug war..
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:46 PM
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4. I agree. Sleeping is suspicious as well.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:52 PM
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9. The War On Allergies Continues...
Jesus

:wtf:

:mad:

:banghead:
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:03 PM
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11. And on kids who have just lost a parent
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:45 PM
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3. The stupid, it BURNS!!!
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Dead_Parrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 05:00 PM
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33. ^ What he said. nt
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:46 PM
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5. Ridiculous. nt
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miscsoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:47 PM
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6. bullshit, my eyes are bloodshot but i don't use pot
although to be fair i am drunk
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:10 PM
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14. And my eyes aren't bloodshot and I do use pot.
Crazy. :crazy:
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SteveM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 04:52 PM
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29. Same here. Hell, I usually close them after awhile; the rest can speculate.
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:50 PM
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7. K&R
- Is there anyone left working in public service who possess critical thinking skills? Anyone? Hello? Is this mike on???
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:02 PM
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10. Raises hand
Actually the vast majority of us have good critical thinking skills as well as common sense. It's just a few dipshits that make us all look bad.
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newspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:08 PM
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13. saw this on KO last night
named the principal "worst person in the world." Why, you might ask? Well, she now will allow him back into school, but apparently the suspension will still be on his record. This woman does not deserve to be a principal if she has no "good critical thinking skills." And, how completely heartless can this woman be after the boy lost his father, and then he has to put up with this shite.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:12 PM
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15. The link to the article says it will be removed from his record
I wonder if the school changed its decision because of Keith's report?

I agree this woman is an idiot. I'd hate to work for her.
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 09:54 PM
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41. I Work
in public service and have intact critical thinking skills, and believe me, it's a real burden.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 01:51 PM
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8. Um, if I play video games for too long I get bloodshot eyes too.
This school is stupid.
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sylvi Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:04 PM
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12. A woman told me once that part of the evidence that I was a stoner
was that I wore sunglasses.

When you're ignorant and hateful, there's no limit to the stupid shit you can come up with.
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Capitalocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:13 PM
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16. All us DU addicts are in trouble!
My first response reading this: oh, HELL no! I can't believe what they're doing to to this kid.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:14 PM
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17. Goodness. I've never once smoked it, and my eyes are always bloodshot.
Allergies and internet addiction will do that too.
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iamtechus Donating Member (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:20 PM
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18. Let me guess:
For whatever reason the kid is not an academic all-star and the school has an financial incentive to get rid of him because he and others in that category will drag the school's average TEST SCORES down. So, the school will seize on anything it can to get him out of the pool.

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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:22 PM
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20. +100000000
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:37 PM
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25. -1, read the damn article and your questions are answered.
:eyes:
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:59 PM
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28. HIs mom says he's an A-B student on the JV golf team. nt
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 02:56 PM
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19. Where they at half mast, too?
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:25 PM
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21. Contacts do me in sometimes - combined with allergies
I'm often bloodshot
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 04:55 PM
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31. Our shower water can do that sometimes. n/t
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:25 PM
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22. Contacts do me in sometimes - combined with allergies
I'm often bloodshot
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nilram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 01:39 PM
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47. stoner
Posting the same message twice on the same thread is a sure indicator, as well.

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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:28 PM
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23. "Son, your eyes look red - have you been drinking or smoking pot?"
"Officer, your eyes look glazed - have you been eating doughnuts?"

NOTE - Don't EVER say this!
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SteveM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 04:54 PM
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30. I answered a copy once: "Sorry, I ran out 2 weeks ago."
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Snarkoleptic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:29 PM
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24. Nope....
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:42 PM
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26. this is one crazy fucking country we've concocted here....
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 03:43 PM
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27. wow
Edited on Sat Sep-11-10 03:44 PM by shanti
that is ridiculous....

however, visine is a smoker's best friend :smoke:
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Cirque du So-What Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 05:29 PM
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34. I've always preferred
Edited on Sat Sep-11-10 05:33 PM by Cirque du So-What
Clear Eyes, although having bright-white sclera is only part of the equation. There's no disguise for the heavy-lidded 'bedroom eyes' associated with marijuana use. Short of taping my eyelids, I don't know of a cure for laid-back eyes.
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 09:57 PM
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42. My College Roommate
was the queen of "laidback eyes." Me, I just got a little red, but back in the day of hard contact lenses, who could tell?
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 04:56 PM
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32. I haven't slept in 2 days
My eyes have more red than white
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 05:53 PM
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35. More allergies here...itchy, watery eyes...scratching and rubbing...
they get red and swollen.


And I do a lot of sniffling too. I guess that means I'm, like, a cocaine snorter on top of it.



Geez, there's stupid, and then there's STOOPID...

and then there's STOOPID and EVIL.





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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 06:58 PM
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36. Smoking pot gives you red eyes?
No that I've ever noticed. It does dry out your eyes - I could NEVER wear contacts and engage in a heavy pot smoking night.

But I've NEVER gotten red eyes.

This is probably just a 'drug myth' that ALL people who partake of illegal substances INSTANTLY get red eyes.. Or maybe it's the cocaine and heroin addicts who get the "red eye" look from being up for more than 24 hrs.
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 09:59 PM
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43. Don't Forget
the much ballyhooed dilated pupils. The only thing I ever encountered that did that was the first week of Prozac.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 09:29 AM
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46. I once had a cop administer a roadside "drug test" on me.
Because I was pretty stoned at the time, I was especially interested in what he was doing. I asked him why I was "following the light" and he said something about changes in reflex. Well I had fun passing his test.

A lot of it had to do with eyes. I should say that I have very white sclera, so when I am very stoned, my eye whites look pretty normal. Only rarely do I get those "eyes."

--imm

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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 08:41 PM
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37. I have bloodshot eyes from allergies and lack of sleep. nt
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 08:41 PM
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38. He had probably been crying! nt
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Heywood J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 09:05 PM
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39. I would have said drinking before I thought of pot. (NT)
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NobleCynic Donating Member (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 05:26 AM
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44. Did this school administrator really just have the taxpayer offer
to pay for this kids college education? Either way, this has to be the most retarded thing I've seen in a while.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 06:05 AM
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45. these guys were also victims :o(


























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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 02:11 PM
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48. I have bloodshot eyes almost every day from alergies.
Sue the fucking school. That seems to be the only thing that gets their attention.
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