Student’s marijuana speech ends with flourish – and trip to jai

[MikeNearMcChord]

Education: 17-year-old lights joint to make point
STACEY MULICK; The News Tribune

he teachers wanted persuasive.

And they got it.

At the end of his speech Tuesday urging legalization of marijuana, a 17-year-old Peninsula High School student pulled out a joint, lit it and smoked away. Then he ate the remains.

For that he got a quick escort to the school office and then a ride to Remann Hall juvenile jail.

The stunt was celebrated among some of the teen’s peers but was frowned on to say the least by law enforcement officers and district administrators.

“We believe in freedom of speech and encourage it, but illegal activities are absolutely not going to be tolerated in our district,” schools Superintendent Terry Bouck said.

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[hobbit709]

1. I'd make them produce the evidence in court.

[konnichi wa]

2. And require the Superintendent and arresting officer to taste it

:evilgrin:

[aikoaiko]

3. I applaud his civil disobedience, but he still gets to experience the consequences of law breaking

Hopefully it won't be too severe.

[Ezlivin]

4. Impossible! Our multi-billion dollar Drug War has been a complete success!

You can't even find marijuana or other drugs on the street any more.

This has to be a completely fabricated story. We spend over $40,000,000,000 every year fighting the Drug War. There's no way a 17 year-old student could ever get marijuana with the money we've spent to stop it!