Joint Smoking Teen Faces Stern Consequences
June 9th, 2009 by RickWhen Ian Barry, a 17-year old junior from Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor, WA, lit up a marijuana joint and smoked it during his presentation of his essay on the legalization of marijuana last Tuesday, he wasn’t “pulling a stunt” or trying to become a martyr for the cause. He just wanted to show that pot doesn’t warrant the negative taboo and should be legalized.
The end of Barry’s essay:
I have provided you with information, facts and statistical evidence that all point towards the legalization of marijuana. [...] But the truth is it doesn’t matter what I say until you, the people, stand up and besiege the government to re-address the litigation of marijuana.
Barry said:
I see myself as someone who holds himself to a high moral value. [...] As Sir Isaac Newton said, ‘Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. [...] I don’t think there would have been another way I could have gotten this reaction.
After the incident, he was arrested, whisked away to Tacoma and taken to the Remann Hall juvenile detention center. He was also expelled and must meet with administrators from his school to determine if he would be allowed to finish his classes. As well as academic punishment, Barry still faces misdemeanor charges of “unlawful drug possession” and he realizes this would go on his record.
Two Students Arrested Over Pot Brownies
October 30th, 2006 by Alex
Let me paint a picture for you…
It’s the season finale of ER. There’s snow on the ground and things are getting hectic. One of the nurses picks up the phone. It’s an emergency – the ambulance is coming in hot. Everyone hauls ass to get to the door, a stretcher is prepped to carry the patient into the OR. The ambulance backs in, its doors are opened and there’s a teacher’s aide strapped to the gurney shaking uncontrollably.
What the hell could cause all this mayhem? I’ll tell you – felony assault. But not just your every day assault. We’re talking felony assault… with pot brownies.
That’s right. In Manlius, NY two high school students face drug charges because one of them shared a weed-laced brownie with a teacher’s aide. After realizing the brownie contained some green leaf, the assualted teacher’s aide was rushed to the hospital.
Corrine Prigle, 17, was charged with felony assault and misdemeanor drug charges. The guy that sold the brownies to her, Zebediah Gallagher, 16, also faces a felony count – criminal sale of marijuana. It’s pretty amazing that something of this nature has the ability to ruin two kids’ lives. I know that 16 and 17 is a little young to be messing with ganja, and bringing it to school obviously isn’t the smartest thing, but charging them with felony assault and felony distribution? Seriously?
[via Newsvine]
