Real0ne
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My gut reaction is "That's ridiculous."
Upon thinking further...
Regarding the boy speaking up in class, I think we need more of that, not less. There should be nothing wrong with a teacher saying, even just from a factual standpoint, something like "Yes, that's true. Some states do allow this for medicinal use. There are lots of reasons for that which are outside the scope of our discussion here." Or something like that. To clamp down discussion of the topic altogether seems paranoid. (I will submit, though, that teachers, youth group leaders, scout leaders, coaches, etc...will not entertain those types of discussions because invariably, a parent will likely sue. Which results in reactionary stifling of what could be relevant conversation. I blame our litigious society.)
Regarding the need of the authorities to look into his mother's use of cannabis? It depends on what he said. If he said "My mother used to use cannabis...." then they have no right.* If he said "My mother uses cannabis..." then yes, of course, they have to look into it. Teachers have the responsibility, first of all, to alert the authorities. As hot4bondage said, their career would be in jeopardy if they didn't. But more importantly, what would happen if someone didn't look into it? Sure, this one time when a child says their parent uses illegal drugs in the home, we might agree that the use is harmless. But what if the next child who says something is in a different situation? We can't expect the authorities to investigate one and not the other. And I would bet money that if a child said "My mother does heroin at home" that nobody here would bat an eye at the authorities investigating that.
Marijuana is not without consequence. I'm for the legalization of it for a few different reasons but I don't consider it harmless, and I would fully appreciate a good looking into of a parent who does drugs of any kind in the presence of a child. Medicinal use though, is a clear exception in my eyes. So hopefully, they will look into it (as well they should) and determine that, though it's illegal, it was more a matter of poor judgment than criminal intent. Unless it was criminal? Is two ounces a lot to have in the house? I have no idea what the punishment scale is for possession of cannabis or cannabis oil. She should certainly have some sort of punishment, but hopefully nothing that disrupts her family.
On the other hand, if she is given an exception because she's a mom using it for an illness, than we should expect lots of people to come up with lots of stories as to why they have illegal drugs in their house and I would expect them all to be given equal consideration. I'd like to feel compassion for her, but I'm struggling with wondering if she was just blatantly ignoring the law and then using her illness as an excuse because she likes to get high.
I will reiterate, though - if, as I believe the article says, - all he did was argue the merits of medicinal marijuana, then the whole thing is ridiculous. I hope that there was more to what he said that would have prompted such a reaction.
*Or maybe they do. I'm not sure where the line is that someone has to cross before it becomes something report-able.
Well the [police] states hold teachers somewhat accountable to report anything they think may be illegal so the [police] state can sort it out.
the underlying problem however is that the [police] states do not abide by their own rules. The only thing that is real is the power grab (constitution) while the finer points are completely disregarded, like one [police] states obligation to honor the authority of another [police] state.
Of course over the last several years the landscape has changed and the government is now directly competing against its citizen subjects.
Could this be a reason for a war on drugs? Seems the syndicate has a chip on the table.....a vested interest, and [police] states to enforce conformance!
Its the same thing they did with Burzynski and his anti-neoplasin cancer treatment after taking him to court on truped up charges 4 times which resulted in congressional intervention!
shocked yet? 
Which is one of several reasons I take issue with 'any' drugs....especially those that people can grow in their gardens being criminalized along with all the other far reaching social implications we are now first beginning to see the need to deal with.
< Message edited by Real0ne -- 4/19/2015 2:21:30 PM >
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