Students Arrested: Alleged Drug Possession
[Updated] Today [Dec 14] two high school students were arrested after allegedly being in possession of drugs while on a school bus, with unofficial reports indicating a third student may have also been arrested on what Bernews understands are non-drug related charges.
We are expecting to receive an official statement on this matter from the Police, and will update with that as able.
Update 5:11pm: Official statement from the Police:
Around 8:20am on Tuesday, Police responded to a report of suspicious activity onboard a school bus. Whilst enroute to the school, the bus driver allegedly smelled marijuana and stopped the bus at the nearest Police premises.
Police officers arrived on scene a short time later and were alerted to the suspected drug use. As a result, the officers searched the bus with the assistance of a Police K9 unit and a quantity of suspected controlled drug was seized.
Three students were subsequently arrested; two on suspicion of possessing a controlled drug and one for using offensive words. Inquiries into this incident are ongoing.
The Bermuda Police Service would like to commend the actions of the bus driver who proactively dealt with the situation, notifying Police at the earliest opportunity and driving the bus to a Police premises so that necessary action could be taken.
And some Bermudians want to legalize Marijuana………it would be the biggest mistake the government could make.
I would be fine with it if it was regulated similarly to alcohol. Government needs more revenue from taxes!
The biggest mistake is to have Alcohol legal……name one person that has died from excessive use of Ganja???
For this teen to smoke recklessly on a bus, was probably seeking attention
Look into studies done today on the long term effects on Marijuana use. You cant say it is not a gateway drug i know people who have gone on to harder drugs because of Marijuana. I agree making alcohol legal was a mistake. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Bermudians abuse all drugs far more than other nations. Look at Amsterdam they are thinking of making it illegal soon because of the detriment it has caused to society.
No, you are wrong. First of all, you need to do more research. Marijuana is not LEGAL in Amsterdam, it is ILLEGAL. The fact that you didn’t know that tells me a lot.
The reason it is being imported to OTHER countries were marijuana laws are enforced. Amsterdam is being pressured by other countries to do this, it has nothing to do with detriment to society. And until they make marijuana in Amsterdam legal, they can’t make rules on it, so this will fail.
I have to disagree that marijuana is the gateway drug that some peopel go on about. In my opinion it in itself is not a gateway drug, but a victim of bad advertising.
How many ads are out there that tells you weed will rot your brain, make you lazy, and destroy your life? So when someone tried it, and realizes its all BS, then hell, maybe its BS about all the harder drugs?? I think if they were honest about weed and its “dangers” and faults, then people would treat it more like cigarettes and alcohol (i know neither of them are good, but better then the harder things).
@ Scott– I Totally Agree
Just think, If Michael Jackson smoked weed to relax, he’d still be Alive!!!!
All these studies probably have been done by people that have never smoked it??? for long periods even???
Heaven for bid people wanting to use marijuana for pain control over highly addictive opiate based medications(basically heroin is okay but marijuana is not)
You know, I am really surprised at how little people understand this topic. If marijuana were regulated by age and taxed like alcohol, we wouldn’t even have the situation described above.
What people fail to realize or ignore is these kids GET this BECAUSE it is ILLEGAL!!!! We didn’t here about kids on the bus drinking alcohol did we…. NO, because it isn’t sold on the streets!!! Get it straight, it has been proven over and over that when regulated use goes DOWN and kid have a tougher time getting their hands on it.
Well it is illegal right now, and it is easier for a kid to buy marijuana from a drug dealer than buy cigarettes and alcohol from the store! If it was made legal, kids would still not be allowed to use it, and any money generated from its sale and tax could go towards education instead of the drug dealers pockets!!! If you keep lying to people on how dangerous marijuana is for them, yet once they do smoke it and are still able to live relatively healthy and productive lives, where does their trust for whoever told them these lies go?
Where does it say it was marajuana?
It says the bus driver allegedly smelled marijuana. read over
Well all I can say is that Sheilagh Coopers breakfast programe needs a little tweeking.
Now Joe, please put that spliff out beofre we eat our breakfast. Mr. Robinson is here along with Mrs Caruso to see the steps we are taking with the new feeding programe. …stop blowing your nose on Rizzla papers……………………………
The other night i watched a show that stated that Portugal has made all drugs legal in their country. But instead of putting the addicts in jail they give them rehab. That would be good in Bermuda. Put the dealers in jail and the addicts in rehab. Cause if you put the addicts in jail they are still addicted to drugs. Now dont that make more sense
The results of the legalization of drugs in Portugal is inconclusive because it is a relatively new concept (ie less than 10 years). To label it a success is premature. IMHO
I am not saying to legalize them here. But instead of putting the addicts in jail, they should be given rehab.
I can understand your point of view, but I would prefer public resources to go toward punishing offenders. Ultimately, addicts at one stage had a choice – they took the wrong path despite knowledge of where that path could lead. If we are to offer a safety net to anyone, I would prefer that it be for those that suffer legitimate illness.
Drugs are not legalized in Portugal they are decriminalized, and you are right the results are inconclusive because the laws have only been around for 10 years. Well, how long has Marijuana been illegal for in Bermuda or the USA 100+ years, the results are in, THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A FAILURE!!!!!!!!!! Portugal realized this 10 years ago and made a change…is Portugal now in a drug induced coma with civil war because of it NO!
‘The war on drugs is a failure’ – so – give up, or look for other ways to combat drugs other than deriminalizing them?
The simple answer to portugal is that they may never know the impact of their decision. Their collection of data relating to usage only began at the time of decriminalization, the data is collected by quizing school kids on their use (highly unreliable) and conclusion is drawn from the health reprecussions of drug use i.e. deaths and disease. To date, no reliable data has been collected regarding the increase (or otherwise) in the use of drugs. The fact is that every piece of statistical data can be attributed to something other than the decriminalization.
Well, I must say at least they are trying something different instead of doing the same thing over and over and over and over expecting a different result.
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
Sara – that argument holds no water – do we say that because we cant stop break ins that we should all just leave our windows and doors open for people to rob us?
Whilst present enforcement tactics may not be producing the desired results, that doesnt mean that decriminalization is the only solution. There needs to be a two pronged approach, enforcement and education/intervention. Addressing the supply issues as well as the demand issues.
Tigga,
Seriously, what you suggest is EXACTLY the method that has been FAILING for the last 40 years.
No – absolutely not – I suggest a revised method of enforcement and a more positive prevention policy – more than cute commercials that simply say ‘Say no to drugs’. Yo have your opinion on drugs which you are entitled to, but the fact that you may value a persons right to smoke a spliff does not negate my right to oppose it. The ‘facts’ that are presented to support this argument are flawed. The collection of data is inconclusive and therefore unreliable. You can show me stats to support your view and with a few clicks of my mouse I can show you opposing statistics. This is the problem. If facts are inconclusive, then one must surely err on the side of the status quo.
your comparison is a off.
Making weed legal would not be “allowing a crime to happen”.
On the other hand, simply leaving our doors and windows is simply inviting the crime to happen.
There is a big difference here.
The comparison was not intended to speak of a ‘crime’ or alowing one to happen, but to allow something harmful or wrong to happen. There is a distinction. Obviously if drugs were legalized then using or possessing them would not be a crime, likewise by facilitating the breaking in of a house by intentionally leaving it open and with the knowledge that a harm would in all likelihood occur, would be harmful or wrong. I am not and have never questioned whether if drugs were legalized it would be a crime to possess them, I think that point is obvious.I am saying that to legalize them simply because we cant ‘win the war on drugs’ is ill-advised given the inconclusive nature of data on the topic. Hope this clears thigs up.
You won’t ever win the war on drugs, I will go to my grave with that. Good luck with that philosophy as I think they have tried just about everything to stop drugs and have failed.
ah. it clears it up a touch, but i am not saying that it is not a crime simply because you make it legal.
Yes harm would be done if weed was legal. ie bodily harm, etc. But there would not be as many robberies to pay for weed, there wouldnt be fights/assaults to protect selling territory.. the majority of the harm would be on the user, by the user. if it were legalized, people would not be inviting crime to happen to them.
opposingly, you would almost be encouraging someone to rob you if you left the windows/doors open. that would be a crime of someone else, committed on you.
I agree that we should not legalize for the sake of “we cant win the war on drugs”, but i also thing that the studies that are supposedly “inconclusive” are surprising more conclusive then people think, or that politicians are willing to accept. Obviously nothing can say 100% yes or no, but i think there is enough evidence to say that weed is not nearly as dangerous as it is made out to be.
Sara, Alcohol is regulated by age. Whats your point. As for alcohol being sold on the streets thats neith here nor there. It’s in almost every house in Bermuda, redily accessable et al.
Her point is, when its regulated instead of totally illegal, it makes control much easier.
There’s no licenses to fill out, and no one monitoring who you sell too. it can be sold to someone 20, 30, etc yrs old, or sold to someone 15yrs old just as easily.
People who do sell alcohol, and cigarettes, generally do care who they sell too, because they could lose their license, be fined, etc. Those who dont have those things to worry about will see to anyone, including kids, if htey have the money.
My point Terry is that if marijuana were legal and regulated by AGE, then it would be harder to get. And you make a good point Terry, if alcohol is in every household, then why aren’t more kids getting caught with alcohol? maybe because the CAN’T make money on it?
Would it be harder to get? Or would their older friends who buy it legaly profit from selling it to them at higher prices? I lived overseas for a while and was often offered money by kids hanging outside the store to go in and buy them booze and cigarettes.
Of course these things will happen, but it has been proven over and over, the research is there if you want to find it, that when something is regulated, use goes down and it makes it harder to get versus no regulation at all, which is what is happening with marijuana
If something is regulated, then how do you collect data to ascertain usage? You may be able to quantify the amount legally sold, but you cant tell who is using it, growing it or obtainin it ilegally. You cant base it on arrests, so you have to rely on people telling you whether they use drugs which is no more reliable than using arrests under the present scheme. And as for use going down, it is widely recognized (including by various UN agencies) that statistics on usage fluctuate regularly from time to time for no apparent reason at all and as such it is impossible to attibute any decrease or increase to decriminalization.
You obviously don’t like facts, so I can’t really say anything else to you on this topic, we will have to agree to disagree. I can’t believe how uneducated people actually are on the subject yet continue to spew falsehoods as fact. Keep trusting your government, it will get you places and “protect” you. LOL
Actually, Sara, the government I presently live under has a very soft stance on marijuana. You consider me to be ‘uneducated’ perhaps because you have no suitable response to the logic that I have presented to you. I can assure you that I have given considerable time and consideration to the matter, long before this incident. Before you decry my education, I suggest that you yourself do some research, not just into why people should be allowed to smoke drugs, but also into the position of those who are against decriminlization. From there, and with an open mind, you may be able to understand that the position is more than some dude trying to mess with your buzz!
Look, I have been researching this topic for over 14 years, how about you?
I commend you on your longevity – it is obviously a passion of yours. But what does that matter?? Does that mean that you lend a level of expertise to the debate or what? I’m afraid I dont understand the purpose of your statement.
That’s okay, we will agree to disagree. You have your way of thinking and I have mine. No hard feelings, we are on two different sides of the coin here.
Just going to throw this out there for all of you ‘they should ban alcohol’ dimwits, I don’t remember the exact facts – but I have researched it, and during the Prohibition crime went down something ridiculous like 60%.
Now for Sara who is screaming at us that Marijuana is illegal in Amsterdam – you might want to word yourself better, my dear. It’s legal to smoke it within certain shops, but it is illegal to sell on the streets and smoke it as you please. Or I may be wrong and myself and anyone else who has been to Amsterdam have been brain washed into thinking what we were smoking was ganja..
People are just scared because they don’t realize by legalizing it, the government can more closely monitor it, put age restrictions on it, etc. It should have the same restrictions as smoking a cigarette or having a drink. Except it’s safer.
Legalize it!
Exactly, it is illegal, thank you for clarifying that.
Nobody is screaming dude. If i wanted to scream I would use all caps.
Sara…Michael Jackson would still be alive if he smoked weed to relax himself
What the deal with Amsterdam is… it’s not that it is legal to smoke in designated shops, it is simply that the law is not enforced. I just watched a show on this and they were very clear about marijuana being illegal in Amsterdam and the law is simply not enforced.
So because it isn’t enforced, let’s put it there with one of those silly laws like how in Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed. EOS.
Exactly, akin to the Bermuda law of noise pollution. Bikes aren’t supposed to be loud, but people rig them up to go faster and the level of noise from their bike is greater than the law allows. But everyday in town you see lots of bikes that basically make you temporarily deaf when they pass you, but the cops seem not to notice. It’s not enforced.
Marijuana is ILLEGAL in Amsterdam, but ‘tolerated’ much like in Vancouver, Canada, where there is a block in the middle of the city were junkies are allowed to shoot up with Government provided needles inside Government clinics, however heroine is still ILLEGAL in all of Canada!
I agree with Future. I see some weed smokers are in here. I know someone who smokes weed all day everyday and is now doing ecstasy and many other harder drugs, doesn’t have a job, doesn’t go school and doesn’t want to do any of those things either.
Yeah Thats What One Peroson Out Of Every Five… Come On Now…. People Who Smoke Weed Dnt Automatically Do Harder Drugs.. Duh!!….. I Knw Enough People Who Smoke Weed And Have Never Tried Other Drugs.. And Most People Who Try Other Drugs Are Experimental And Want To See For Themselves The Different Highs, (( Not Beacuse They Want A Stronger Hight Than Weed))
And we know alcoholics that have the same problem. If you’re weak-minded you can become addicted and uninterested in life to almost anything.
the question is though, does this person not have a job, doesnt go to school and doesnt want to do any of those things because they did weed? or did he do weed and drugs because he has the mentality that he doesnt want a job or school, etc?
there are those who were successful, tried drugs and crumbled. There are also those who had nothing, used drugs, but then excelled in life because they wanted to.
There are also some people that do nothing all day but watch tv, and still dont do drugs…
Look to the personality of the person first before you blame the things they’ve chosen to use.
how many people loose thier life because of weed? LOTS. Several guys I used to smoke with as a teenager now go to MAWI for pyschcosis and are schizoid. Apparently week is an accellerant, a gateway drug which leads to this state of mind. Because the gene pool is so small here, there are a lot of people that may carry a genetically defective gene that is activated by smoking weed.
stop laughing, I’ve done research.
What about the alcohol? Is that safe for psychosis or schizoids? Is the government protecting schizoids from alcohol too? I don’t here ANYBODY telling individuals with certain mental disorders to refrain from drinking, which btw KILLS brain cells, not so good for a mental disorder is it?
eh. hell everyone seems to “know a person” who had something bad happen to them, and smoked weed too. the cause and causality links just aren’t there. Sure you can research a gene that is activated my weed and makes you nuts… but i can probably find a gene that makes you nuts from eating the wrong kinda of cheese..
everyone cna mention these “peopel they know” and what bad things happen to them, and then blame it on the weed they used.. it isnt proved, and the astronomical number of peopel who arent affected as negatively are omitted(hypothetically assuming that it was the weed that caused the issues).
when i say the cause/causality, i think of the staggering statistics used in “smoking related deaths”. I know cigarettes are bad and create a large amount of health concerns, but did you know that a “smoking related death” is really any health related cause of death that happens to someone who smokes.
If they have a heart attack and smoke, its a smoking related death. whether they were 400lbs and ate chips and burgers all day is apparently irrelevant.
If they get a skin tumor, its a smoking related death..regardless of them spending 8 out of 10 sunlight hours outside.
Humans like patterns, and we like to find the reasons for things bein gbad. i know a guy that got fired the other week.. he drinks a lot when we go out. did he get fired because he drinks a lot? i think its a stretch to say it with any certainty.
‘itwasn’t me’ I am laughing at you right now, you did not finish your research, although correct, marijuana use is linked to inducing people who are predisposed to psychosis and schizophrenia, at an earlier age, marijuana CAN NOT cause these disorders. These people would have developed these disorders eventually, and if they were educated and cared for correctly as children, they would have been in the correct medical care from the beginning and never would have used marijuana to begin with. STOP USING THE ENDS OF THE BELL CURVE TO DEFINE THE MIDDLE!!!!!!!!!!!
You know Sara I share your concern. By age means nothing. We can’t regulate it as is being illegal. The pushers are still gonna sell it for more to kids and adults. Age means nothing as can be seen by the children on the bus whom had their pockets and backpacks filled with weed
It’s all the Cops fault and the UBP…….end of story.
Honestly Terry, I have read a lot of your posts on this and other forums and I hate to say this, but they don’t usually make sense. Perhaps you have inside jokes with people on here, but man your posts are illogical most of the time.
lol i think a lot of people share that thought.
It simple economics/greed…If government legalize it, it’s less money for them to put in their pockets. Yes if it is legalize they can put a tax on it, it will generate revenue, but the money will go into the public purse..not their back pocket. They get top dollar if it is imporated illegally. The risk of getting caught drives the price up. Now if it is legal and in abundance will the cost be as high? Some can argue that it can be (only because this is Bermuda-everything is expensive), likely it will not be as high as we may think. I agree with some if you do legalize and put restrictions you may see less younger people willing to experiment. Just a thought.
I stand to be corrected Sara you are correct marijuana is illegal in Amsterdam. I was just using Amsterdam as an example related to the issue. The bottom line is if you legalize marijuana it will do no good for the individual or the family that it will sure to effect in one way shape or form. Alcohol is no better than Marijuana i will agree with you on that. Who is to say that Legalizing another substance (Marijuana) that will surely have detrimental effects on society is any better than having alcohol legal? Sure we could tax Marijuana and make money off of it as a country but at the same time we would be doing harm to the people of our country and ultimately no one will benefit in the end.
Honestly, I can’t really have a conversation with you on this because I truly feel you haven’t really educated yourself on both sides of the coin. Like many others on here, you only look at one side of the coin and barely know what is fact versus fiction about the subject.
If the government put as much effort into taking care of their people as they have demonizing marijuana(what a success), I think our world would be a different place. And please remember that marijuana was never made illegal because of safety. You could look that one up to
putting all the arguments aside Sarah do you really think Legalizing Marijuana will better Bermuda? Or make the existing situation associated with it any better?
When you fully educate yourself, we can talk. No sense on talking about things you haven’t researched yet. Your better off doing your own research than just taking my word for it. There are two sides to every coin, one of them is usually driven by a corrupt capitalist society and government.
In the beginning People are born…
And in the end People will die…
But in between why not get high!
In the USA, marijuana was made illegal by a law originally being billed by cotton farmers, to prevent hemp from replacing cotton, and racists Americans trying to keep those ‘crazy weed smoking Mexicans’ out of their country, however this law was also forced upon pretty much every other country that was in trade with the USA at the time. Marijuana continues to be illegal because of the propaganda and hypocrisy of all those profiting from it, be it the alcohol industry, pharmaceutical industry, religious zealots, illegal drug dealers and yes even the law enforcement and prison industry. They all profit from marijuana being illegal some shape or form. Illegal or not, people will continue to smoke marijuana, illegal or not, people will continue to make money from it, illegal or not, society is both negatively and positively affected from marijuana, so just light a spliff and stop worrying about it!!!!!!
the bermudian government could not regulate marijuana were it legalized… let’s not kid ourselves here. it is illegal because people CAN and WILL abuse it. some won’t. and those are the people who don’t get caught smoking it to begin with, so who is legalization really benefiting?
for the sake of the idiots who got caught on the bus, keep it illegal. marijuana is as detrimental as you let it become.
actually it was not originally made illegal because abusing it, and since then it only maintains its illegality because its the status quo. People abuse solvents, but theres no legal push for “safe” versions, as well as morning glory seeds, people abuse alcohol, people abuse tobacco… , etc etc etc
today the marijauana is illegal for the same reason alcohol is legal… its too much of political suicide to try to change it.
There are no solid studies to show weed is anywhere near as bad as “hard drugs”, and the death tolls alone show alcohol is a bigger killer for various reasons. We’ve just created a society where people think that because its banned, and because some doctors say its bad, that all of a sudden its something that is a serious blow to society.
as you said yourself Annoyed, “marijuana is as detrimental as you let it become”… as is anything is life. beer, burgers, spending, tv, video games, and weed..
i totally agree with you. i guess i wasn’t very clear…
i know normal people that smoke weed. and i know people that abuse weed. badly. legalization would only make this abuse easier. living life under the confines of a system that outlaws marijuana forces the user to use marijuana responsibly.
and it sucks for us that won’t abuse it. but weigh the consequences. same team here buddy.
ah, gotcha! eh, i guess it depends on how you look at “abuse”. Perhaps this part just boils down to opinion. i know the whole “alcohol is worse, but legal” thing is a lot of peoples most common argument, but in this case i somewhat would link it.
Does illegality really force people to use it responsibly? hell, isnt doing something illegal irresponsible anyway? what are the chances of kids being sold it when illegal? what about if things are added?
I would acknowlegde that use would probably skyrocket if it went legal, or decriminalized, taxed, whatever… but if it ended up as a regulated item, i dont think you’d see all the huge family problems really come from it. People dont fight when high, they drive at 20km under the limit (preferably they wouldnt drive at all, but like booze, pretending it doesnt happen is naive), and they dont get hungover!
. They wouldnt go out stealing money any more then someone who’s buying booze or cigs… etc I think for the initial period people would get all happy and high, but just as with booze, there woudl be a point where people just start being smart about it… and obviously there will be people who take it too far.
Whether legal or not, it would be wrong for kids to be smoking it on the way to school. It would be wrong for an adult to be smoking it on the way to work. Something is seriously wrong with our values system if kids do this on the bus going to school.
When they grow up and fail mandatory drug tests they won’t even get jobs. Then they’ll just be useless pot heads. Weed fries the brain. Speak to anyone who has smoked it for years – and they sound kinda ‘relaxed’. Their brains are fried. You want that for your kids?
I am going to start calling the b.s. You are wrong and yet another that hasn’t done his research.
Weed DOES NOT “fry” your brain, ALCOHOL DOES. Wedd doesn’t even kill brain cells, it is a fact that is out there if you care to find out the truth. Excessive alcohol actually causes physical damage that can be seen on MRI, not weed. Seriously, I am not joking, you people REALLY need to learn the truth. I am by NO means advocating children using this substance and I am not saying that there are NO adverse effects from the mere fact of smoking a substance.
Excess of alcohol can kill yes – as can excess smoking. Enough weed DOES fry your brain – as does enough booze. Don’t try and call it BS. I agree with you that the driver did the right thing.
There has been absolutely no evidence that weed fries your brain or kills you. That is why it’s a bunch of bs, and I will stand by that unless you can show me some research specific to what you say is true.
Who knows we haven’t tried….but until we get some balls of our own, and stop following america, we might get somewhere. What ever they say we do, we have tried all of their different school systems and they failed us, we eat their food, buy their products, and they infest our our minds with lies. And then we turn around and give them the names of all these Bermudians to go on a stop list because they had 0.5 grams of cannabis on there possession. Bermuda puts you on the stop list people,they hand america our names, while their murders and thieves, can vacation in our island. They make everyday citizens, who smoke in their free time to relax, exempt from going to a country because he/she was meditating. While big name people(politicians,their husbands, and milk men) bring in the drugs through the back door, causing airport workers and dock workers to get caught moving their packages, while they travel the world freely. Marijuana or hemp is a wonder of a product, its use if legal, could have detrimental effects on U S economy, no more buying of weekly jeans, because I have my 10 year old hemp jeans on, No more more of the FDA’s products, because I can meditate the natural way, also no more killing for oil, because hemp is powering our cars and buildings. Their is more to why its illegal, but they brainwash us with the gateway theory as to why its illegal, while weak minded people, to scared to try natures wonder adhere to their lies. Decriminalizing in Bermuda wont hurt our economy, it will help it, by taking the millions of dollars from the dealer, and transferring those funds to the government, via taxation of a natural, non-man made substance.
Meditating? meditating requires no substance that alters the thought process. don’t contradict yourself.
The two main reasons marijuana is illegal in Bermuda,
1. Our money is on par with the USA (because of tourists).
2. We have USA customs and immigrations here (because of tourists).
If marijuana was legal here, no more US currency and no more customs and immigrations, but I guarantee you we will more than double the amount of tourists!
I have to interject on this. Most of you dont seem to know what you’re talking about. Weed has a tendancy to scare some close minded people, and everybody has a horror story, most of which are probably bull. Sara is the only one who has the facts straight as far as I can see, but I’d like to share MY story, not one I “heard” from “someone” I knew.
I first smoked weed at 12 years old. Cigarettes, alcohol, weed were weekly vices until I learned about E and Speed. Several visits to Amsterdam later and although I no longer touch anything harder. I am extremely creative, artistic and fun-loving. I also hold an upper management position with a great company. I am a wife and a mother. I strive for success in my position and by all reports am meeting all the requirements. What bothers me is my freedom. I have many middle aged friends who smoke plenty and hold down serious jobs, lawyers, doctors and nurses. We all agree that yes, weed seem to affect different people in different ways, but, like alcohol, it is our decision as humans to do as we please in this world.
I wish people would stop acting like it is some gateway to hell drug, grow up, relax, and see theres no more harm in a few tokes than there is in a large bottle of Goslings.
great, a weed smoking mother/middle manager. Just the perfect role model aren’t you. So tell us, at what age would you allow your kids to start smoking
Seriously, what part of regulate by age do you people not quite comprehend? Do you purposely ignore what people are saying because you are so blinded by the blatant fiction about marijuana? Regulate like alcohol, hence NO children under the age of 18 or 21(whatever the drinking age is).
if you think there aren’t mothers, fathers, doctors, managers, politicians, clerics, scientists, etc that do weed, you are extremely naive. Hell michael phelps does it and was nominated as worlds best athlete.
If a parent smokes cigs, those are legal, are you going to give them grief about “at what age”??? … er.. duuh… 18???
I bet you didn’t go public school.
Weed makes you slow….. Point Blank Period…..
tell michael phelps that
Bill Clinton did it..
alcohol makes you slow (and hungover), lack of sleep screws with your brain..
so ya, not very “point blank”
Alcohol KILLS your brain like a fried egg. Dennis Rodman is fu..ed from alcohol. You can see his damage on MRI.
All you dumb asses are more concerned about weed than the situation at hand. I would be furious if my child was on a school bus with kids smoking weed. I don’t care if your a successful lawyer who puff, puff, passes. Weed is not (just like alcohol) for everyone and we should not be promoting it. Alcohol got through, yes, but we don’t give it to our kids in their lunch boxes. I do not want my kids to think that smoking weed is ok, acceptable and healthy.
wow, talk about ending the thread with a blast (no pun)
lol alcohol didnt “get through”… it was always that way..
but anyway.. yes i agree.. whatever i may think about the legalisation of weed, being caught on a bus by highschool kids is a sad.
And guess what, NOBODY ever said it was okay. It is common since that kids should not be smoking on the bus, regardless of what the substance is. You are preaching to the choir. That is why we are calling for regulation to make it harder for kids to get.
Clear Mind is ON POINT!! I was just about to address the same thing. I think people got off topic. These are SCHOOL CHILDREN!! They have NO BUSINESS with weed PERIOD! The audacity to smoke on the bus is one thing… the DISRESPECT of adults and AUTHORITY is an even worst issue. If you ask me, goes back to the PARENTING! My kids aren’t angels but they KNOW, I would NOT tolerate that crap.
*Bottom line—>Parents, take hold of your children!!
Nobody disagrees with you. I would think it common sense that people in general should not smoke on the bus??? Just like you can’t smoke on an airplane??? And also kids SHOULD NOT be smoking ANYTHING!! Age restrictions like alcohol.
Boss Lady >>> YOU NAILED IT !! I was thinking the exact same thing…
& I was made to understand the kids acted up when the police got on the bus- so Yes, PARENTS, TAKE HOLD OF YOUR CHILDREN!!! Getting high before school, then acting like they are in the right…. SLAPS for days!
Serious?
What did they actually try and fight the cops?
For the record, in regard to this topic, I think the bus driver absolutely did the right thing!
Agreed.
Will it cause more harm than good in this society?
Is marijuana a mind altering drug?
Can you actually smoke to much weed?
Will it impair people’s minds in any way when driving or working power tools or heavy equipment on the job?
How will we regulate it?
Will people stop growing vegetables’ and fruit and substitute with weed and sell on side of the road?
Will people have their own weed patches gardens around there homes or in little pots on the porch?
How can we prevent access from under age children?
Should you be able to smoke and drive? (Drink and drive)
Or should we just make it available for medicinal purposes?