Community | February 08, 2011 | 5 comments

School bans kid who takes THC lozenges for neuro condition from attending because of "internal possession"

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A teenager in Colorado Springs has been told he cannot attend school after consuming prescription THC lozenges that his doctor has turned to in order to control a rare neurological disorder. His diaphragmatic and axial myoclonus causes seizures that are only controlled by THC, but the school says that consuming the lozenges at home and then attending school violates the school's zero tolerance policy for marijuana, since the child is considered to be in "internal possession" of the banned substance after he takes it.

This isn't just stupid, it's scientifically illiterate. Surely, this kid is in possession of the metabolites of marijuana lozenges, not the lozenges themselves.

He was able to return to school in January but as the district would not allow him to possess or consume his prescribed medicine on campus, he transferred to a school closer to home so that he could walk home as needed to take his medicine.
After the district's latest salvo was delivered, the teen's father said he spoke with both the district superintendent and the district attorney and that neither were receptive to his arguments that his son needs the medicine to function, does not get high and does not smell like marijuana.

The district has refused to comment to us, other than for a spokesperson to say that the district intends to follow the letter of the law, which is that no student may possess or consume medical marijuana on school grounds.

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5 comments // School bans kid who takes THC lozenges for neuro condition from attending because of "internal possession"

  • MotherForTruth
  • simplecj
    • +1
      simplecj  

    • People need to "make a popping sound" and see the reality of cannabis as something far safer than pretty much any other drug out there, including legal and prescribed medicines that are readily available and completely acceptable.

      Just because the gov says it's illegal and lied to everyone about it's effects, now we still have ignorance like this "zero tolerance" policy preventing a kid from taking his medicine as prescribed by a doctor.

      When will people realize this folly? Maybe when they pull their heads from their asses? POP!!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • 63pmacp
  • FoosMaster
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      FoosMaster  

    • Just another example of Why we need Legalization. The laws and policies are being Terribly Abused and will continue to be abused by narrow minded people that think that only They are qualified to decide right and wrong and will find Any loop hole to use the current laws to push their agendas on everyone.

    • 1 year ago
  • Orwelian84
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      Orwelian84  

    • This is another example of why inductive reasoning is a bad idea. You can have correct premises, like you don't want drugs at schools, and can end up with bad conclusions like what is happening with this young man. He is an obvious exception, but bureaucrats are inherently inductive creatures they have very little ability to think deductively.

    • 1 year ago
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