This is Hard to Swallow

My pal Diane brought this story to my attention, another example of the food police out of control.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1148650202765B225

Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania -

Chew on this.

A junior high school student was suspended for three days for sharing chewing gum because it contains caffeine, school officials said. The girl, whose age and grade were not released, gave another student Jolt gum. The gum is "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality," said Burrell School District Superintendent Amy Palermo.