December 2, 2014
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Sharp 4th-grader uncovers pencil gaffe

anti-drug message on pencils

When ten-year-old Kodi Mosier sharpened his pencil at school, he noticed the anti-drug message printed on it changed considerably. It went from “Too Cool to Do Drugs” to “Cool to Do Drugs.” Further sharpening led to “Do Drugs.”

pencils 2This was not the intent of the Bureau for At-Risk Youth in New York who distributed the pencils to elementary schools. The manufacturer of the pencils recalled them and reversed the message as it should have done in the first place. Kodi commented “I guess they didn’t sharpen their pencils.”

Good eye, Kodi.

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Judge Tom is the founder and moderator of AsktheJudge.info. He is a retired juvenile judge and spent 23 years on the bench. He has written several books for lawyers and judges as well as teens and parents including 'Teen Cyberbullying Investigated' (Free Spirit Publishing) and 'Every Vote Matters: the Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court' (Free Spirit Publishing). In 2020, the American Bar Association published "Cyberbullying Law," the nation's first case-law book written for lawyers, judges and law students. When he's not answering teens' questions, Judge Tom volunteers with the American Red Cross and can be found hiking, traveling and reading.

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