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hifiguy

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40. Drop the mic, Warren.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #35)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 03:09 AM

Oct 2015

Blammo.

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Honor Student Kills Himself After School Officials Tell Him He "Ruined His Life" by Smoking Weed [View all] 1monster Oct 2015 OP

Kick! Heidi Oct 2015 #1

Another casualty in the War on Drugs Scuba Oct 2015 #2

Don't confuse those making money on the GWOD with those that really care erronis Oct 2015 #15

Yep. hunter Oct 2015 #31

Outlawing cannabis was a crime against humanity !!!! SamKnause Oct 2015 #3

Amen to that! Initech Oct 2015 #24

somebody told me that once about 50 years ago. I busted out laughing. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #4

Some honor students are so involved with their path to academic success and plans 1monster Oct 2015 #6

+1 nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #9

And without critical thinking skills they buy into that BS. LuckyLib Oct 2015 #16

You know what? The disturbed minds are the school administrators who think jtuck004 Oct 2015 #21

I work in one of the top school districts in the state. So maybe my experience 1monster Oct 2015 #29

I was reflecting the other day, after reading about how some of the wealthier kids in high jtuck004 Oct 2015 #30

the bullies always seem to make it to administrative positions. questionseverything Oct 2015 #26

I don't know if I could have been that kid or not... hunter Oct 2015 #33

What else could the bastards do? Generic Other Oct 2015 #5

I realize I'm going to piss some people off, but this kids parents clearly failed him. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #7

I totally agree! 1monster Oct 2015 #11

Oh, I thought you were going to go down the path of the father of the Umpqua shooter erronis Oct 2015 #18

Kids, don't listen to school administrators. They're fucking idiots. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #8

Adults taught him how to be for 16 years, made this possible. Nothing but bullying. jtuck004 Oct 2015 #10

Amen.... daleanime Oct 2015 #12

Here is a much longer story ont his with losts of details..(oh it was the principal and assistant p) Stuart G Oct 2015 #13

This is the problem with "Drug Education" Eric J in MN Oct 2015 #14

Some of the teachers I work with are so ignorant about drugs ybbor Oct 2015 #20

Well said...those teachers are indeed evil... Stuart G Oct 2015 #23

Geneva High School is in Geneva Ohio...more info Stuart G Oct 2015 #17

My father attended Geneva High School decades ago. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2015 #36

The parents should sue the school for wrongful death and child abuse. SunSeeker Oct 2015 #19

Nonsense. This kid certainly had problems before this incident. virgogal Oct 2015 #27

If this kid did have "problems" the school knew made him susceptible, it's an even stronger case. SunSeeker Oct 2015 #32

Yes it is a stronger case. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2015 #37

But some in DU WANT to use the tactic of stigmatizing. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #22

Wonder how many of those administrators would blame Obama. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #25

I smoked herb every weekend all the way through hifiguy Oct 2015 #28

Ding, Ding, Ding, We have a winner!!!! Throckmorton Oct 2015 #39

It's the FSM's honest truth. hifiguy Oct 2015 #41

Even more tragic in a state so close to legalization... hexola Oct 2015 #34

Carl Sagan smoked pot regularly. Gene Simmons never has. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #35

Drop the mic, Warren. hifiguy Oct 2015 #40

I hope these hardass jack_krass Oct 2015 #38