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Civil Liberties

Choked

Charles Oliver | 12.26.2012 6:00 AM

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Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson has banned the use of all lanyards in provincial schools. Most of Alberta's 2,000 schools have long used lanyards for hall and restroom passes. But a Grade 3 student recently almost choked to death on a lanyard, prompting the ban.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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