Colorado educators concerned about pot in public schools

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A summit by the Colorado School Safety Resource Center in Thornton featured a panel on marijuana legalization and its effect in schools

THORNTON — School officials and educators packed a conference room on Wednesday, taking detailed notes and heaving collective sighs as they learned about what authorities are calling the No. 1 issue Colorado schools face: marijuana.

"We got sold that marijuana legalization was going to positively impact our schools," said Christine Harms, director of the Colorado School Safety Resource Center. "And there is the school infrastructure aspect, but we're not seeing tremendous changes with marijuana prevention programs, and our students are paying the price."

More than 350 school officials, first-responders and school mental health professionals gathered in Thornton on Wednesday for the resource center's Safe Schools Summit.

The conference, which runs through Thursday, offers training sessions and panels on issues like school shooting responses and human trafficking. The center said that a panel on marijuana legalization is back by popular demand.

"It's the No. 1 problem in schools right now," said Lynn Riemer, president of ACT on Drugs, a nonprofit drug awareness and education organization.

Assistant Attorney General Michael Song gave the marijuana presentation, telling teachers and school faculty about the shifting attitudes young people have toward marijuana and the ways in which authorities can address this new frontier.

Jeff Whitmore, director of transportation for Bayfield School District in southwestern Colorado, shook his head in disbelief after the more than hour-long presentation that covered edibles, cannabis paraphernalia and the laws behind busting students for possessing the drug on school campuses.

"At first, I thought it was similar to alcohol and that the kids would do it anyway and all that," Whitmore said. "But it's like they're disguising alcohol as Kool-Aid and marketing it to kids. These edibles are cookies and gummy bears, and they're filled with high amounts of THC."

During the presentation, teachers took notes about the packaging of various marijuana edibles in the hopes of spotting the substances more easily. They also shared frustrations of complacent parents smoking with their children.

"There's a shift in culture," Whitmore said. "Kids see their parents smoking it and see it marketed everywhere, and they think it's normal and OK for them to do."

While data on marijuana-related incidents in Colorado public schools remains contested and scarce, many educators said they are seeing the problem escalate.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28970592/colorado-educators-concerned-about-pot-public-schools
 
I believe that marijuana used to be legal before drug war started in 1970?
 
This is a little history on pot.







http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/marijuana-history-marijuana-use.html














"History of Marijuana Use

Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical compendium traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. It also has a long history of use as a medicinal herb. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. A major crop in colonial North America, marijuana (hemp) was grown as a source of fiber. It was extensively cultivated during World War II, when Asian sources of hemp were cut off.

Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopeia from 1850 until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism. Its use as an intoxicant was also commonplace from the 1850s to the 1930s. A campaign conducted in the 1930s by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) sought to portray marijuana as a powerful, addicting substance that would lead users into narcotics addiction. It is still considered a "gateway" drug by some authorities. In the 1950s it was an accessory of the beat generation; in the 1960s it was used by college students and "hippies" and became a symbol of rebellion against authority.

The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classified marijuana along with heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Most marijuana at that time came from Mexico, but in 1975 the Mexican government agreed to eradicate the crop by spraying it with the herbicide paraquat, raising fears of toxic side effects. Colombia then became the main supplier. The "zero tolerance" climate of the Reagan and Bush administrations (1981–93) resulted in passage of strict laws and mandatory sentences for possession of marijuana and in heightened vigilance against smuggling at the southern borders. The "war on drugs" thus brought with it a shift from reliance on imported supplies to domestic cultivation (particularly in Hawaii and California). Beginning in 1982 the Drug Enforcement Administration turned increased attention to marijuana farms in the United States, and there was a shift to the indoor growing of plants specially developed for small size and high yield. After over a decade of decreasing use, marijuana smoking began an upward trend once more in the early 1990s, especially among teenagers, but by the end of the decade this upswing had leveled off well below former peaks of use.


Sections in this article:Introduction
The Plant
The Drug
The Legalization Question
Medical Uses
History of Marijuana Use
Bibliography


The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


More on marijuana History of Marijuana Use from Infoplease:
marijuana: History of Marijuana Use - History of Marijuana Use Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient ...

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whatdidyousay! said:
This is a little history on pot.

http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/marijuana-history-marijuana-use.html

"History of Marijuana Use

Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient times; it was described in a Chinese medical compendium traditionally considered to date from 2737 B.C. It also has a long history of use as a medicinal herb. Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500. A major crop in colonial North America, marijuana (hemp) was grown as a source of fiber. It was extensively cultivated during World War II, when Asian sources of hemp were cut off.

Marijuana was listed in the United States Pharmacopeia from 1850 until 1942 and was prescribed for various conditions including labor pains, nausea, and rheumatism. Its use as an intoxicant was also commonplace from the 1850s to the 1930s. A campaign conducted in the 1930s by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) sought to portray marijuana as a powerful, addicting substance that would lead users into narcotics addiction. It is still considered a "gateway" drug by some authorities. In the 1950s it was an accessory of the beat generation; in the 1960s it was used by college students and "hippies" and became a symbol of rebellion against authority.

The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 classified marijuana along with heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the relatively highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use. Most marijuana at that time came from Mexico, but in 1975 the Mexican government agreed to eradicate the crop by spraying it with the herbicide paraquat, raising fears of toxic side effects. Colombia then became the main supplier. The "zero tolerance" climate of the Reagan and Bush administrations (1981–93) resulted in passage of strict laws and mandatory sentences for possession of marijuana and in heightened vigilance against smuggling at the southern borders. The "war on drugs" thus brought with it a shift from reliance on imported supplies to domestic cultivation (particularly in Hawaii and California). Beginning in 1982 the Drug Enforcement Administration turned increased attention to marijuana farms in the United States, and there was a shift to the indoor growing of plants specially developed for small size and high yield. After over a decade of decreasing use, marijuana smoking began an upward trend once more in the early 1990s, especially among teenagers, but by the end of the decade this upswing had leveled off well below former peaks of use.

Sections in this article:Introduction
The Plant
The Drug
The Legalization Question
Medical Uses
History of Marijuana Use
Bibliography

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on marijuana History of Marijuana Use from Infoplease:
marijuana: History of Marijuana Use - History of Marijuana Use Marijuana has been used as an agent for achieving euphoria since ancient ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Pharmacology"
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Thank you for posting the history.

My father smoked weeds a lot when he was in high school but stopped after federal government declared the drug war, also Georgia made as felony but eventually they changed from felony to misdemeanor.
 
Foxrac said:
Thank you for posting the history.

My father smoked weeds a lot when he was in high school but stopped after federal government declared the drug war, also Georgia made as felony but eventually they changed from felony to misdemeanor.
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My dad made $$$ smuggling weeds out of Mexican jungle so he had to smoke a lot when he was young man . You're Welcome !
 
Has the sky fallen in colorodo yet?
Given the anti weed hysteria by some..
One gets the impression the sky has fallen
 
seb said:
It was outlawed in the US in 1937, under the Marijuana Tax Act.
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They are not outlawed but just tax on marijuana - if you don't pay tax so you will be arrested and imprisoned.

They were replaced with Controlled Substances Act in 1970.
 
Drug abuse is a reality that seriously affect many college students, we just need to educate our youths on the dangers of abusing drugs. I came across this guide on surviving your first year in college, it provides great alternative ways to party without drinking or using drugs, maybe colleges should have resources like this guide to raise awareness of the dangers of substance abuse.
 
This article was about Pot in public schools...I'm sure many parents are concerned about their underage kids using Pot while in school, even in College.
 
The chances are these concerns are going to be proven overblown, just like last year fear of Halloween candies which "Might" contain cannabis, sheriff was so concerned and made huge campaign on this one, November 1 of last year, Sheriff wanted to prove that his concern was valid by contact all local hospital to see if there is any overdose on Cannabis edible on kids, the hospital report shows what number? It was ZERO!

Of course, Kids will always be Kids, plenty of them have experimented with Alcohol, just the same as Cannabis. This is precisely why we need to legalize weeds, making them only sold though stores where they restrict 21 yrs old or older, killing black market.
In fact Oregon sells weeds TAX-FREE until end of this year, sales at black market went flat, that chokes sales to minors, just like Alcohol, of course we will always have straw buyers, and its good to have law that prohibits straw buyers, these straw buyers will face legal consequences which could include jail time, heavy fines, etc.

I know this too well, I was one of mischievous boy in school. Always in trouble in school, always find something to entertain myself trying to escape Audism... Yes I am #WPSDProud! Because of my own version of mischievous student, I don't have trouble getting steps ahead of staff. Bottom line, if it were not for Audism and better educated, I would likely to pay respect and would have done much better. So bottom line, education should be put on highest priority,

Hey Coloradans, QUIT worrying, start educate, it will pay off long way down the road.
 
rockin'robin said:
This article was about Pot in public schools...I'm sure many parents are concerned about their underage kids using Pot while in school, even in College.
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No difference with Alcohol, but in fact, I rather Cannabis over Alcohol, Alcohol is worst drug, much worse and more dangerous than Mary Jane.
 
I wouldn't want my child to use alcohol, marijuana or any other chemical at school.
 
Reba said:
I wouldn't want my child to use alcohol, marijuana or any other chemical at school.
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I agreed with you, the best way to ensure your child don't use them is to educate them. Regardless legal or not, either way kids will try them if they weren't properly educated.

I asked my oldest son not to use anything until he turns 21, I hope he follows me. I even told him that he could hide behind my back, yet consequences is with him not me. I knew right away if I was super strict with him, watch him all the time, he WILL find a way around me so I taught him that if he wants go around me, let it be but it will come back and bite him without me involvement. I hope this works, its his life not mine.

My young son is too young to understand, need wait couple more years.
 
My mother told me that she could lose the nurse license for having someone smoke in her house but I spoke with one of my friend who is licensed nurse in Alabama and he said only if he did smoke so he could lose the nurse license, not someone in his house.

The weed helps with my PTSD but they are not cheaper - $20 for 1 gram (DC price).
 
rockin'robin said:
This article was about Pot in public schools...I'm sure many parents are concerned about their underage kids using Pot while in school, even in College.
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How does prohibition address or handle these fears?
Actually these fears ARE adressed by regulation having weed within the realm of the law.
These fears and concerns of parwnts are NOT addressed by keeping weed prohibited or only in the realm of criminalty which of course by definition is outside the law.

These concerns are the same concerns over underage dribking.
Prohibition fails to address the plm. Regulation and bieng legal does.
 
Reba said:
I wouldn't want my child to use alcohol, marijuana or any other chemical at school.
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Indeed.
But the world is such that plenty of teens will try booze before 21 and try weed as teens

Weed bieng legel and regulated addresses the plm of young peoplw using it far bwtter then keeping its production and sale in the hands of criminals outside the law

So far...
Cokorodos sky hasnt fallen...
Interesting
 
Foxrac said:
My mother told me that she could lose the nurse license for having someone smoke in her house but I spoke with one of my friend who is licensed nurse in Alabama and he said only if he did smoke so he could lose the nurse license, not someone in his house.

The weed helps with my PTSD but they are not cheaper - $20 for 1 gram (DC price).
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And the quality is peob trash, like it was when i roamed there.

Gou havnt experienced weed until youve tasted b.c. garden of eden bud......
Damn....
Just
Damn
Weed and the all american jack kurouack make me a proud canuck..
Mmmmmm...
 
Queen Victoria took it everyday and as queens go she good queen
 
I don't find a problem with weed being legal, but I don't think bringing it to school is a good idea. Or doing it before school, either. It can obviously affect their learning if they are too damn stoned. Somebody gotta give them a whooping and learn to be more responsible with weed.
 
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