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When another student accused Carter Barron of drinking at school, administrators at Georgia Peachtree Ridge High School had Barron take a Breathalyzer test.


When another student accused Carter Barron of drinking at school, administrators at Georgia Peachtree Ridge High School Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, USA is a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. Peachtree Ridge is one of only two Gwinnett County Public Schools to use block scheduling; the other is Shiloh High School.  had Barron take a Breathalyzer breathalyzer Public health A device used to detect alcohol on a suspected drunk driver's breath; see DWI  test. It showed no trace of alcohol. But when Barron's bag was searched for booze Booze

sold cheap whiskey in a log-cabin bottle. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 152–153]

See : Drunkenness
, officials found a cigarette lighter. He got a week of in-school suspension for that.
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Title Annotation:Brickbats
Author:Oliver, Charles
Publication:Reason
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U5GA
Date:Apr 1, 2006
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