POT POLICY HAD OBVIOUS MAJOR FLAWS

To the Editor:

The shelving of the Kootenay Lake School District drug policy is good news.
Policies that allow for the suspension of students for marijuana use are
illogical. The primary concern with student pot smoking is that the student
won't learn as well. Punishing them by cutting off learning entirely is
wrong-headed.

High schoolers smoking marijuana has gone on for decades and is normal
youthful experimentation (as Superintendent Butcher implies by suggesting
suspensions for experimentation cease). And, just like the student that
spends too much time playing video games, watching TV or participating in
sports, some will see their grades slip. But the answer is to spend more
time working with these students - all of them - not to send them away.

Kirk Tousaw
Campaign Manager
B.C. Marijuana Party