Well raised kids, obviously.

Maybe it's the parents that deserve the doo-doo spa treatment.

I don't get it, how can kids be so heartless, as far as I'm concerned, all the girls that knew about this are all equally responsible, and should all be punished, it's too late when someone dies.....

I hope they take this incident very seriously. I dont know how one would properly deal with such behaviour but i am horrified to think kids can get up to such things. I hope we never see another Rena Virk in the news. As Michelle pointed out, someone could have died here.

IMO,the problem stems from the fact that their is NO punishment anymore when kids pull off this kind of crap.
And that's why there is no respect for adults,each other,or the law!
And it IS getting worse.
That will continue until somebody steps up and really lays the licks to any kid who thinks this kind of behavior is ok.
Kids learn by example, and as parents we also need to take a damn good look at ourselfs and what society has learned to tolerate.
Good parenting is not about handing your kids everything they ask for, and forking out money to make up for the things we no longer do with our kids,because we are just too damn busy!

2 words for the softhearted do gooders -----THE CANE

Who is to blame for peer pressure? We parents are! We are the ones who teach (and enable)our children-from birth- to "need" all the brand name goodies that their friends have. Can you name one toddler who demanded GAP clothing??? I think not. It us us, the parents (and grandparents) who SPOIL our kids rotten.
I have two kids- one thirty and one twenty two. When my youngest was 3 we attended a family Christmas and could not fit all of the gifts into the car to get them home from the island. It was more than disgusting. We made a pact then- to change the way we buy for our kids. It worked- on the three year old- too late for the eleven year old- the expectation was already there.
Peer pressure should encompass wearing the right clothes, having the latest electronics, etc. It should not be an excuse to follow the leader and drug someone that you don't like. Someone in that group of girls should have had an epiphany that this WAS NOT RIGHT! Drugging someone without their knowledge is apalling. To plan it as a group is more than disturbing. Andyfreeze (and others) are right- probably more than he/she knows.
The whole system is designed to give rights back to the kids,including the Youth Justice Act, which will hinder the RCMP when it comes to charging these kids AND the ability of Crown Council to prosecute them. The proverbial slap on the wrist. It will be up to the parents to dole out the punishment. Unfortunately- the kids know you can't get the switch (or the cane) out anymore. It is a futile battle that we are ill-equipped as parents to win. Most, not all, of us try to do our best but babies do not come with instructions and once those hormones are raging...they stop thinking.
As for which school these girls attend- that does not make any difference. If we had ANY idea what is going on in our schools, ALL of them, and in our communities, we would be too frightened to leave our homes. This is not just with the youth but with society in general. Just sit down with an RCMP officer who battles the same battle every day, day in and day out. It is a frustrating, futile, repetative battle with no end in sight.
The government needs to form a Task Force (and these CAN be done for free- not every study needs to cost the taxpayers money) to examine what is happening to our youth today. These girls have committed a heinous act that fortunately didn't have the consequences that could easily have been. What about the kids who choose to abuse themselves in the name of "peer pressure"? The drugs are cheap and easily accessible, the justice system gives LITTLE or NO POWER to the parents, the RCMP, the Ministry of Children and Family Services and to Crown Council. Do you know that in BC we cannot involuntarily force our children into drug or alcohol treatment? The parents of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario can. In BC they have to enter voluntarily.
We are in BIG trouble in the next decade. The government (and its' people) had better wake up and invest in our children now. It is a pay now or pay now AND pay later scenario. Let's all do our part to raise well-rounded kids. Would you rather have a future voting, tax paying member of society or would you like to have a drug addicted adult, living off the social service system and draining the healthcare system?
As sappy as it sounds- it does take a village to raise a child. By now you may have surmised that I have had some experience with a wayward teen. A good kid from a good family (with the exception of one) who was molested repeatedly from the age of 6 to the age of 10. I, for one, have been up against "the wall" that policy in this province has created when trying to help her. The child that I am referring to IS loved and has a large extended family that WILL put their money where their mouth is. We have had excellent help from the Ministry, the RCMP and Crown Council but our hands have been tied by the policies of this government and the Youth Justice Act. In three years she will be an adult and the burden of her care will become solely that of the taxpayer.
We will continue to fight but any changes will be a long time coming. I'm afraid they will be too late for her, but not too late for the next arrivals of problem children. Success for her will happen in another province, against her will, within a long-term treatment facility.
As for the relativity of my story to the drugging incident- just a teenager kind of story. And I needed to vent. thanks