Kid shamed for "smelling like pot" commits suicide

Student wants school administrators and police to be held responsible for classmate’s suicide

GENEVA, OH — A sophomore at an Ohio High School took his own life, and some people are blaming the actions of school officials for his death.

Hayden Long committed suicide after he faced disciplinary action at his homecoming dance according to his friend Hank Sigel.

Sigel wrote an open letter saying that he, Hayden, and some other students were “verbally attacked” by school officials and police and questioned without their parents. This was after Sigel says that the group of kids were accused of smelling like marijuana at their homecoming dance.

Sigel said that Hayden was told by school administrators, “that he had ruined his life.” He said the students were told, “they would fail their classes, had ruined their academic careers, and had made the biggest mistake of their life.”

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