Wrong on so many levels... If you were this kid, what sort of message would you take away from all this? This sad story is a terrible conjunction of nanny statism, failed drug policies, and utterly inappropriate punishment – and it's hard to imagine any way this is actually helping this child.
It's interesting to reflect upon how these things have changed during this country's history. If you harken back to the time of the American Revolution, you'd find that being expelled from school was nearly unheard of (and certainly was never the result of so trivial an offense), there was no prohibition on (or stigma associated with) the use of marijuana, and by societal convention diaries were treated as private documents. I can't imagine our Founding Fathers being happy about what has become of their creation...
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