She was told seven pupils, five aged 11 and two aged 13, were involved. Hornby High caters to students in years 7 to 13. The woman’s son said one of the 11-year-old’s claimed to have got the synthetic drugs from their father.
Do you know more? Email sam.sherwood@stuff.co.nz She said each of the children had been stood down from school for two days, with the 11-year-old who supplied the drugs set to appear before the school’s board. The woman believed Hornby High needed to do more to stop children from taking drugs at the school. “Where are the teachers? They know that kids go out there and do stupid crap out there.”
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A dangerous synthetic cannabinoid, 5F-ADB – reported in several inquests since mid-2017 – was found in his system. Hotter-Matehe was described as a happy-go-lucky person and a big friendly giant, and the coroner ruled there was no indication he intended to end his life. Rawinia Matehe said her son began taking synthetic cannabis about four years before his death, and it was “really bad”.
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Hotter-Matehe started taking synthetic cannabis four years before his death. He stopped using it for a time but started again four or five months before his death, during which time she noticed his health deteriorating. He was sweating a lot, and in the week before he died had developed a rattle in his breathing.