[robertpaulsen]

"were arrested for willful cruelty and child endangerment."

I would say that this qualifies as an answer to the question, "Who is hurt by marijuana, other than the user?"

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[ErnBatavia]

Tip of the iceberg situation.....Yucca Valley, with it's breezy openness (to get rid of the whiff) is the undisputed Meth Lab capital of southern Kalifornia.

[for-q-clinton]

But the legalize it crowd will say the boy is being hurt becuase his parents were arrested because of some harmless drugs.

I don't buy that argument, but that's their comeback.

[deaconblues]

The boy's father, Douglas Ballard, and his live-in girlfriend, Heather Peterson, were arrested for willful cruelty and child endangerment..

For some strange reason, I fail to see how this parent was "willfully cruel" to his child for merely posessing marijuana. Hey may be guilty of stupidity, perhaps, but "willful cruelty"?

And police say they've been to their home before to search for drugs. Both are now behind bars, on $100,000 bail.

And Now the child is in the hands of CPS, or in a foster home....certainly that is a far less "cruel" environment. < /sarcasm >

[Kerberos]

"I would say that this qualifies as an answer to the question, "Who is hurt by marijuana, other than the user?" "

Do you mean hurt like in the sense of if the parents had cigarettes or alcohol around the house that the kids had gotten a hold of?

[Lunatic Fringe]

WILLFUL CRUELTY?!

Puh-lease!

[VaBthang4]

I think you'll find a cute little contrarianite Lozerdopian band here at FR that will ask [with a Labored straight face]...


"What's the problem?"

[HELLRAISER II]

R.P. you know i'm ususally on the other side of the argument and as you know I don't badger or call people names, I try to be logical and state my case intellectually. Indeed this was not good, but you know the kid could just have easily brought in a bottle of Jack Daniels, diet pills or tobacco products all of which are a suspendable violation. The only difference is that pot's not legal over the counter. Now with that said please don't misconstrue what I said to thinking that i condone 6 year olds doing any of thee above.

[StriperSniper]

“I've warned my kids, but they don't know what it looks like. He would think it was candy.”

If true, she must have stupid kids, while they may have no reason to know what pot looks, smells, tastes like, but it sure isn't candy!

[Anticommie]

Police say 6 year old brought marijuana to school

It would be better for the kid and the parents if the kid had sex on the school bus, then they would give him a condom and drop the whole issue to protect kids "privacy".