In my middle school, you were sent home for the day if they caught you with cough drops or- get this- chapstick. Apparently you were supposed to leave these things with the school nurse and get excused from class to get them when you needed them. I myself happen to be a chapstick addict (maybe there is some creedence in calling it a drug ^_^) and would have been leaving class every fifteen minutes or so. Likewise, when I've got a sore throat, I'll eat cough drops one right after the other.

My high school was less ridiculous on that stuff, but you would be suspended if they found out you had Tylenol or the like. My friends and I got pretty good at not getting caught. ^_^

It's so nice to be at college where sometimes I'm almost treated as an intelligent adult.