Graves County High School considers treating caffeine pouches like tobacco in discipline policy

What happened

Graves County High School’s council agenda proposes adding caffeine pouches to the school discipline matrix, with the same consequences used for nicotine pouches or similar tobacco products. The agenda lists this as a recommendation for consideration, not an adopted change.

Why it matters to families

If approved, students possessing or using caffeine pouches could face the school’s existing disciplinary consequences for nicotine pouches or similar tobacco products; the agenda does not specify those penalties.

The evidence

The October 21, 2026 Graves County High School Site-Based Decision-Making Council agenda lists under New Business: “Recommendation to add caffeine pouches to the discipline matrix with the same disciplinary consequences as a nicotine pouch or similar tobacco product.” The document is an agenda and does not establish a vote or adoption.

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