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Medical Marijuana Dropout rates from MMJ: We'll see
Posted by Bryce Crawford on Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:03 PM
"We are going to see juvenile dropouts [from school] increase."
— District Attorney Dan May speaking on KVOR 740 AM this morning on the consequences of medical marijuana centers continuing as they have.
The most recent numbers from Colorado Springs School District 11, the city's largest district, indicate a high-school dropout rate of 3.7 percent. The city's second-largest, Academy School District 20, reports 0.6 percent for the same timeframe. Should centers live on through this school year, we'll follow up and report on the veracity of May's projection.
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Wow Mr. May. You are really, really stretching to grasp that straw, aren't you? Have you any idea how truly ignorant this statement makes you appear? Obviously not.
How about this: Instead of sitting up there on your high-horse with your mind closed for business (or compassion for that matter), why don't you climb on down and get in touch with some real patients who are using MMJ and find out what their life is like, how the drug benefits them versus the legal RX-narcotics, what it's like to go to a dispensary, how they operate, etc., instead of throwing out completely false, scare-tactic driven statistics that have absolutely nothing to do with the debate at hand. High school drop out rates? Really? I am so lmfao.
I fail to see how having dispensaries operating as businesses, being regulated, inspected, controlled, and taxed is worse than having the MMJ users and caregivers growing their product independent of any sort of controlled environment. I hope the caregiver that lives next door to you or anyone else, who is raising two children in the home, with a basement growroom has installed their equipment properly and keeps their mouths shut about their grow... both the crime-threat and the fire hazard is enormous! Much more so than the dispensary-model.
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Posted by
COnative59
on 08/23/2010 at 2:22 PM
I've spoken with high school aged kids about medical marijuana, in both Denver and up in Summit County. From the small population I spoke with, they said that they didn't really care about pot. That it was easy to get illegally, but that what are very popular are their parents prescription drugs. They say kids are way more into those than smoking pot. So, maybe law enforcement should concentrate on that and meth, perhaps. And not just scare tactic and shock treatment billboards. Education, Education, Education that is backed up by Empirical Research! Teach our kids to make the right decisions for themselves!!! It will help them not just in their encounters with dangerous drugs, but with all walks of life!
Posted by
bootsycollins
on 08/24/2010 at 6:25 AM
Not sure how this is even possible. One has to be 18 yrs old to get a MMJ card which involves getting a prescription from a licensed MD or DO. And in order to enter a dispensary, a MMJ card must be produced. So since most high school kids are under 18 (until their senior year for most), MMJ dispensaries causing high school students to drop out is not even a possiblity. They can't even legally enter a dispensary unless they have a card which the can't get until they are 18.
Posted by
oldguyinWP
on 08/24/2010 at 8:42 AM
Unfortunately kids have had access to marijuana before we had Medical Marijuana Centers. Oh, but I bet May wasn't paying attention then...
The abuse rate of Meth and actual Prescribed Medications in high school aged children is a much greater problem, but we're not trying to blame pharmacy's for that, or poor parenting.
Posted by
Muse
on 08/24/2010 at 10:29 AM
Okay, let's get real. It is legal for a MMJ patient to buy, possess and use MMJ but not for unlicensed children, so instead let's arrest the parents of these children that are abusing a perscription drug and put the parents in jail instead of getting rid of mmj clinics. If we did this, don't you think kids would not abuse the drugs? Hardly! This is making a parental issue out of MMJ and it is not!
MMJ clinics are not going to sell to illegal persons, so what is the problem here? WE NEED MORE REGULATIONS! You can not outlaw something that is legal for an adult because a child might abuse it. With that arguement, we would have to outlaw alcohol, perscription drugs, glues/ spray paint/ arrosals and anything else that a kid can get high on. Again, people aren't trying to make liquor stores illegal because kids are getting drunk, DYING from overdose, or getting into car accidents because they are DWI. But with MMJ you want to make a case out of it. MMJ is a medicine whereas alcohol is actually a poison. Honestly, where are your parental values on this fact.
Posted by
gurudori
on 08/24/2010 at 12:01 PM
Good one Dan... you have a 50/50 chance of being right.
Although Marijuana has been freely available in schools forever, somehow now it's going to impact the dropout rate in Colorado Springs.
The dropout rate will vary as statistics do. So if the rate goes up BINGO you were right. If the variance goes down..nobody will hear a whisper.
Be a DA and deal with the dangerous criminals please.
Posted by
Are you kidding me ?
on 08/24/2010 at 3:09 PM
