The mother of a Minneapolis elementary school student is demanding answers after she discovered that her daughter's ADHD medication had been stolen and replaced with something different:

For the past two years, 8-year-old Se'ray Andrews has been taking the prescription drug Adderall to control her ADHD.

But last week, her mother was notified by her school that someone had swapped out her medication and replaced it with something else.

Se'ray was taken to the Poison Control Center at Hennepin County Medical Center. But they could only identify the switched blue pill as some type of herbal supplement. Her doctor called the incident an "alarming breach of protocol" that placed Se'ray in "potential danger." (Source: MyFoxTwinCities.com)

School policy states that medication is supposed to be registered with the school health office, but in Se'ray's case, the medication had been given to a teacher.

In the wake of a recent increase of cases involving prescription pill abuse, experts advise all parents to keep a close eye on medications that have been prescribed for themselves and their family members.

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