Public school teachers and officials in Colorado are stating that they are very worried about the large number of students that are using heavy amounts of marijuana, now that the drug is legal across the state.
The increasing issue of dazed and confused students was a widely debated concern among the 350 or so school officials, teachers and law enforcement officials who came together at a Safe Schools Summit conference this week in Thornton, Colorado.
The Colorado School Safety Resource Center, the conference sponsor, specifically penciled in a panel on how marijuana legalization is impacting schools because many attendees had specifically requested it.
“It’s the No. 1 problem in schools right now,” Lynn Riemer, president of ACT on Drugs, stated to the Post.
“We got sold that marijuana legalization was going to positively impact our schools,” Christine Harms, director of the resource center, added. “And there is the school infrastructure aspect, but we’re not seeing tremendous changes with marijuana prevention programs, and our students are paying the price.”
the presentation was an hour long by a lawyer from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office who covered the topic of drug possession law as it correlates to students as well as interesting trends in drug paraphernalia and marijuana edibles.
Teachers and administrators documented detailed notes, possibly in the hope of using their newfound knowledge to stop kids from using large amounts of marijuana in school
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