article_snippet: Parents have criticised a school where 20 pupils fell ill after using a Nicotine spray prescribed to a 12-year-old – in an incident dismissed as a 'prank' by the headmaster.
article_snippet: Parents have criticised Wolstanton High School (pictured) in Newcastle-under-Lyme where 20 pupils fell ill after using a Nicotine spray prescribed to a 12-year-old .
article_snippet: Frantic parents were called to Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, last Wednesday after 20 pupils became ill during lunchtime.
article_snippet: One father, whose daughter suffered vomiting and dizziness said: 'It is ridiculous that Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme are allowing a girl so young to be prescribed something this dangerous.
article_snippet: I agree Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme should be giving Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme advice, but she is only 12. '
article_snippet: It could have been a lot more serious, one of Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme could have been seriously poisoned.'
article_snippet: But despite parents' concerns, Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme's headmaster Alan Aston appeared to downplay the 'regrettable' incident as a practical joke.
article_snippet: We have dealt with the pupil involved using We own sanctions ... unfortunately this was a prank that went wrong.'
article_snippet: Mr Aston defended the course, saying that as most of the school's pupils are underage, 'smoking is illegal, which we take very seriously'.
highlights_snippet: The incident occurred at Wolstanton High School in Newcastle-under-Lyme .
  