This Kid Was Expelled and Charged for Bringing Pot to School, Even Though He Didn’t
16th March 2015
Administrators at a middle school in central Virginia suspended a sixth-grader last September for one-year after discovering a marijuana leaf and a lighter in his backpack. The sheriff’s department became involved as well and filed drug possession charges against the 11-year-old boy.
Months later, prosecutors had to drop the charge. Why? The leaf had thrice been tested for marijuana and come back negative.
The boy, unnamed in this excellent story in The Roanoke Times, returned to school this week. But officials have been loathe to admit that any mistakes were made—they now maintain that since “lookalike” drugs are also prohibited, the boy may still have violated district policy.
Well, of course, first they have to demonstrate that it’s a ‘drug’. Don’t see any hint that they even tried to do that.
Homeschooling is looking better and better. Just sayin’.