ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, April 26, 1997 TAG: 9704280079
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE
One student, a 16-year-old boy, was taken to a hospital after taking the hallucinogenic drug.
Eight students at the private Miller School in Albemarle County were expelled after one of them sold LSD to classmates, police said.
A 17-year-old male student was charged with distributing the drug Monday when another student, a 16-year-old boy, was taken to a hospital after taking the hallucinogenic drug.
The 16-year-old, who was treated and released, admitted buying the LSD, Forrest Grout, a detective with a regional drug enforcement task force, said Thursday.
Grout said the 17-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, obtained the LSD in Maryland and sold ``hits'' to seven classmates for $5 each. ``He got it, he sold it, they took it,'' Grout said.
The students who purchased the drug were not charged, Grout said Friday.
Charles Skipper, the school's president, refused to discuss the matter Friday, but Grout said Skipper told him the students were being expelled.
-ASSOCIATED PRESS
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