Pubdate: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 Source: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) Copyright: 2003sThe Advertiser Co. Contact: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1088 CHILD PUNISHED FOR TAKING VITAMIN MOBILE -- A third-grader who took a vitamin with his lunch at school was suspended for five days for violating the Mobile County system's zero-tolerance policy for substance abuse. Ricky Wright, the student's father, said the pill was a green multivitamin. Wright said he and his wife - -- a registered nurse -- did not think his son, Ryan, was wrong in taking the pill to O'Rourke Elementary School. Wright said school officials overreacted and a five-day suspension was too harsh a penalty. But school officials cited written policy, made available to parents, that specifically prohibits students from bringing to school vitamins and even look-alike candies. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom