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Miss Whitlock urges Fayette County Schools to broaden substance policies, warns of vaping and testing gaps
Summary
At a Fayette County Schools meeting, Miss Whitlock warned that many new vaping and inhalant products evade standard tests and urged the district to craft policies addressing harmful substances even if they are not labeled illegal; she also highlighted Project Adventure and related grant funding.
Miss Whitlock urged Fayette County Schools officials to broaden district policies on student substance use, saying new vaping and inhalant products can evade standard tests and that limiting rules to substances labeled “illegal” or “controlled” would miss many real-world risks.
"You can't be tested for," Whitlock said, emphasizing that while schools may begin testing for fentanyl, many emerging compounds are not captured by routine screening.…
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