Most think this is just an isolated incident. I dont' think so.
And i don't want any of the GC posters to take the post wrong. It just happened to be at GC Middle School.
One thing i will applaud GC Middle School for is taking action once it was seen. Some of these kids could of died. That is the cold reality.
I seen one article written about locking up your medications? When you have to do that, i think it's past time you talked with your children.
Being around and hearing kids talk.
I think all schools are facing the problem. Most kids think it's cool to be able to get away with it. While most parents are in denial with the not my child theme.
What has become disturbing. Many parents are not addressing the issue. Had one parent tell me. It was just pot?

All 14 juveniles allegedly involved in a Xanax distribution case at Gate City Middle School have had criminal charges placed against them.

Gate City Police Chief Jason Cox said Monday that officers with the Southwest Virginia Drug Task Force had formally lodged the 41 charges against the students, who range in age from 12 to 15.

All of the students were charged with possession of a Schedule IV drug, classified as misdemeanor, said Cox.

They have also been charged with one count each of felony distribution of the drug.

A 15-year-old juvenile who is accused of taking 120 Xanax pills from a family member's possession and distributing them among 13 acquaintances on school property Wednesday is charged with the same possession and distribution charges, along with one count of larceny for taking the pills and one count of distribution of a Schedule IV drug within 1,000 feet of school grounds, which is a felony in the state of Virginia.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the school twice last week after four students reportedly overdosed on the sedative.

Two juveniles were taken to the hospital last Monday in a separate case from Wednesday's incident, in which two other students were hospitalized.

Cox said some of the students told investigators that they crushed the pills and then snorted them. The police chief, who is also a certified emergency medical technician, said snorting the pills gives the person taking the drug "a quicker high" than ingesting them.

"Our investigation into this case will continue to be ongoing. We intend to follow it out,'' Cox said Monday.

Anyone with information regarding this case can contact the Gate City Police Department at (276)386-6363 or Scott County Central Dispatch at (276)386-9111.