Schoolboys take Viagra in lunchbreak

Six schoolboys were hospitalised after they took Viagra pills in their lunch-break, it has emerged.

One of the Year Eight pupils, all aged 12 and 13, is believed to have brought in the anti-impotency tablets and handed them around to five of his pals at the all-boys comprehensive school in Berkshire.

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For pretty obvious reasons, this article struck me as funny. For one, I can totally see this happening in a middle school. If someone gave me a Viagra when I was in 8th grade, I probably would have taken it in my possession but I would have done things a little differently. For example, these guys go to an ALL BOYS school. Think about it... what use is it to take a tent-pitching pill during lunch when the only people around you are of the same sex? Also, what if the teacher called them up to the chalk board to solve a math problem or something? Do you think they'd be eager to stand up and walk to the board in full salute? I sure wouldn't, especially as a 13 year old. C'mon, guys. Put the thing in your pocket and save it for a day way far off in the future or give it to someone who would actually use it. What a waste.

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Stiff Discipline After Schoolboys' Viagra Prank

LONDON (Reuters) - Six British schoolboys were rushed to hospital after taking the erection-enhancing drug Viagra at lunchtime for a dare, the school said on Thursday.

Forest School in Winnersh, southern England said paramedics were called after a fellow student told teachers about the 13-year-olds' prank.

"It is believed that a pupil brought the tablets in from home into the all-boys school and shared them with five friends," the local education authority said in a statement.

The Sun newspaper quoted a source at the school as saying: "By the time the afternoon lessons began, there was no hiding what they had done."

Paramedics took the six squirming boys to the nearby Royal Berkshire Hospital, where they were monitored until the effects wore off.

"The school has a strict no drugs policy and a pupil will be temporarily excluded for actions which placed other pupils at risk," the education authority added.