Farrish, Jessica 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2025
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1 US WV: School Drug Policy Up For CommentWed, 15 May 2013
Source:Register-Herald, The (Beckley, WV) Author:Farrish, Jessica Area:West Virginia Lines:119 Added:05/16/2013

BECKLEY - A drug policy proposed for Raleigh County students was placed on a 30-day comment period at the monthly meeting of the Raleigh County Board of Education.

If approved, the policy will mandate that every student in grades 6-12 who wants to participate in school-related competitive activities, including academic activities, or drive to school and park on the property, to submit to random drug testing.

The sole speaker during a discussion on the proposed policy, Raleigh County Education Association Co-President Marie Hamrick, opposed it.

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2 US WV: Pharmacies Work To Stop Medicine Being Used For MethSun, 13 Feb 2005
Source:Register-Herald, The (Beckley, WV) Author:Farrish, Jessica Area:West Virginia Lines:57 Added:02/19/2005

At Drug Emporium at Beckley Crossing, certain cold medicines couldn't be stocked fast enough several years ago, first assistant manager Kathy Woods said.

"We couldn't put it on the shelf because it walked out of the store too fast," she said. "You'd go down the aisle, and there would be 12 gone at one time.

"We finally had to lock them up behind the pharmacy counter."

The pharmacy also adopted a policy limiting the number of cold medicines to one box per one person per purchase, Woods added.

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