When recess becomes an episode of “Breaking Bad” for children
Ah, the sweet innocence of childhood: games, laughter… and prescription drugs in the lunchbox. Because nothing says “friendship” like sharing a Clonazepam dissolved in juice, right? Two sixth grade students in León, Guanajuato, learned this lesson the worst way possible when their “compas” decided that traditional bullying was very out of fashion.
The school where “coexistence” includes dangerous cocktails
At the José Chávez Morado School (which should perhaps consider changing its name to the “Walter White School”), the afternoon shift got interesting when a little Pablo Escobar in training had the bright idea of mixing controlled medications with drinks. Reason? Well, according to school violence experts (read: outraged mothers), this was just the latest chapter in a long saga of abuse that included beatings, being locked in bathrooms and, apparently, now poisoning.
One of the affected children was already a recurring victim of these “mischiefs.” Because, let’s be clear, hitting someone in the head and locking them up is not bullying, it’s the script for a horror movie. But hey, at least now the paramedics have extra work.
The Secretary of Health, in its eternal efficiency, confirmed that only two children were affected (as if that made it better). Both were treated at the IMSS and discharged the same day, because nothing cures trauma like an institutional “nothing happened here.”
When social networks do the work of the authorities
How was this festival of irresponsibility discovered? No, it wasn’t the school (surprise), but a brave family member who decided that Facebook was more effective than the educational authorities. His public complaint revealed that a minor (probably a future candidate for “El Chapo Jr.”) had dissolved the medication in a drink. The post included the classic “this is bullying”, because in Mexico even toxicology now falls into that category.
The victims began to fade like soap opera characters in a dramatic scene, which finally led to the arrival of paramedics to the Agua Azul neighborhood. Luckily, the incident occurred on May 7, because in Mexico this news has the lifespan of a meme: today it is a scandal, tomorrow it is “ah, yes, that happened.”
The PEPNNA and the Prosecutor’s Office (that dynamic couple that always appears late to the party) say they are “aware.” In the meantime, parents are probably considering switching their kids to homeschooling, or at least buying them an antidote kit to carry in their backpack.
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