Posted on 02/11/2006 4:11:34 PM PST by Revel
Boy charged with felony for carrying sugar
BY JUSTINA WANG A 12-year-old Aurora boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project this week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug, Aurora police have confirmed.
The sixth-grade student at Waldo Middle School was also suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag of powdered sugar to his friends.
The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, said he brought the bag to school to ask his science teacher if he could run an experiment using sugar.
Two other boys asked if the bag contained cocaine after he showed it to them in the bathroom Wednesday morning, the boy's mother said.
He joked that it was cocaine, before telling them, "just kidding," she said.
Aurora police arrested the boy after a custodian at the school reported the boy's comments. The youngster was taken to the police station and detained, before being released to his parents that afternoon.
"This is getting ridiculous," said the boy's mother. "They treated my son like a criminal. .. . This is no way to treat a 12-year-old kid."
East Aurora School District officials declined to comment on the case, citing privacy issues.
The district issued a written statement, which said: "The dangers of illegal drugs and controlled substances are clear.
Could get probation "Look-alike drugs and substances can cause that same level of danger because staff and students are not equipped to differentiate between the two."
The school handbook states that students can be suspended or expelled for carrying a look-alike drug.
Penalties for juveniles are decided on a case-by-case basis, but if convicted, the sixth-grader could likely face up to five years' probation, said Jeffery Jefko, deputy director of Kane County juvenile court services.
Juveniles who have prior criminal records could also be placed in a residential treatment program if convicted, he said.
Aurora Beacon-News
The boy, who is not being identified because he is a juvenile, said he brought the bag to school to ask his science teacher if he could run an experiment using sugar.
Really? Let's look at the results of Proposition 215 in California, shall we?
Now, you expect me to believe that "the people" of the State of California voted to legalize medical marijuana?
Well, it looks to me as though a large number of motivated extremists in the San Francisco area carried the day, doesn't it? Doesn't look like the will of "the people" exercising their political capital, does it?
They can keep their look alike drug policy and apply it when/if a kid is actually distributing for money the look alike drug, not joking with friends. Even in that case I wouldn't advocate sticking the child with a felony, which will affect his options for the rest of his life. Save that for the real campus drug dealers.
"Not a pharmacy? "
What country do you live in? In America, the doctor provides the permission slip and the pharmacist provides the dope. In America, we can't go to the pharmacy to buy most dope without first paying the broker doctor. And it is the pharmaceutical companies that wine and dine the doctors so they will be motivated to sell their specific kind of dope...not the pharmacy because the pharmacy can't just grab some dope off the shelf without the doctor's permission slip. So yes, "not the pharmacy." And now you know.
As a matter of advice, you should become more knowledgeable of dope systems in America before commenting on them in a public forum. It makes you look like an idiot when I'm sure it only reflects your ignorance rather than stupidity.
"Doctors as drug dealers, selling you the dope that defines your "freedom".
Your above is a perfect example of your ignorance regarding dope dealers in America. The doctor is merely the middle man for dope. The pharmaceutical company is the dope manufacturer who pushes it's dope to the doctor who then provides the permission slip for the dope to those with the means to buy the dope, and finally, the pharmacy finalizes the deal by delivering the dope.
I hope this helps you understand our dope system in America.
Maybe they can bring in look-alike guns and simulate drive-by shootings? Oh, what fun! Then the teachers could simulate the public paying for simulated medical care and simulated drug rehab for the victims!
Education? Who cares! The kids are having fun, practicing real life capitalisn, applying mathematical skills, and harming no one!
AND, learning a trade!
/Better Off Dead reference
Mojave supports a child being thrown in jail for carrying a bag of sugar. Anyone who was taking Mojave seriously before this point should certainly reconsider that now.
Not even once.
Which also was not a vote to legalize, but to establish a limited medical exception for small amounts for patients with a doctor's recommendation. By now pretending that was legalization they expose their true dishonest agenda.
Really. I mean, the kids are all thugs and deserve to be treated as such! Too bad so sad when good kids make dumb mistakes!! I mean, if a kid sticks his finger out of the car window and goes "bang bang" to his buddy while his mom drives out of the car line...slap a felony on that thug! Anyway, the distraction is really helpful to the REAL thugs.
He said, as he quickly and furtively altered his original argument.
There seems to be a question about how "good" he is and what the nature of his "mistake" was.
"The sixth-grader at Waldo Middle School was charged after telling a classmate that the bag of powdered sugar was crack cocaine and inviting him to a bathroom to ingest it, Aurora police said Saturday."
Mysterio supports drug dealers being able to legally sell young children crack.
2. You are a liar.
Look in the mirror.
You do not support the child being prosecuted and convicted for carrying a bag of sugar? Please clarify your position.
Back your lie up with a quote.
Clarify your position. Do you or do you not support the prosecution and conviction of this boy for carrying a bag of sugar?
Produce the quote, don't beg me to bail you out.
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