“We seek to discourage illegal substances from being brought into school and to show unequivocal support for those students who do ‘just say no,’ ” the principal of Millburn High, William S. Miron, and the district superintendent, Richard Brodow, wrote in an e-mail message to parents and students Friday afternoon. “I willingly risk student trust if it saves a single life.”
The New York Civil Liberties Union has called police dog searches “incompatible with nurturing environments that are supposed to be conducive to adolescent education,” and argued that school districts must create a careful balance between school safety and student rights.
Two 16-year-old girls who declined to give their names said they felt the new procedure was “a little unnecessary” because most of the incidents involving drug or alcohol happened outside of school.
“There were cops strolling around all week,” one said. “It was kind of distracting, sitting in class with cops walking by.”
via The New York Times “Well-Regarded New Jersey High School to Use Drug-Sniffing Dogs“
If marijuana were regulated and controlled by the state and federal government, you wouldn’t have an issue with marijuana in high schools. How many kids do you find dealing cigarettes and alcohol in school? All you’re going to with drug sniffing dogs in high schools is push dealing into the parking lots, parks, fast food places, and where ever else kids gather before and after school. Don’t you think you find a better use for the money wasted on treating your children like criminals? How can you justify paying for drug dogs when you’re enacting cuts that include four basic skills teachers, freshmen sports and all middle school programs that require stipends.
How’s it feel for a ‘stoner’ to be asking “Won’t someone think of the children?” The principal of Millburn High, William S. Miron, and the district superintendent, Richard Brodow, should be ashamed of yourselves.
“How many kids do you find dealing cigarettes and alcohol in school?”
Actually in my high school selling cigarettes was quite common. A smoke would normally go for 25 cents but people would sometimes pay as much as a dollar.
That being said, as a teen it was much easier to get a hold of some weed than finding someone 21 willing to buy booze for a bunch of kids. And the ‘Just say no’ program is flawed to the core. It didn’t stop my friends from smoking, drinking, selling pot, popping pills, or doing coke. I’ve witnessed all of this happening at school. Preaching at kids really does nothing to stop them from wanting to try it.
No one in this federal government ever thinks about solving the problem at the source. Ever think, “What if the government spent all this time, effort, and monetary funding on the border between Mexico and the United States? Then the problem would have stopped there, and the real legalization, regulation, and taxation could begin.” But as far as I know, they would rather have every member of their population in some sort of legal battle, defending their very own freedoms that the police force was sworn to defend, instead of violate…