Placer High School IS NOT in Placerville!!!

Half of the 1600 kids smoke marijuana? So you’re telling us 800 kids at Placer High School in Auburn (of all places) get high? I thought they were one of the highest rated schools in the region. I’m in college with plenty of people from Placer High School and the people I’ve talked to never noticed all of this.. rampant drug use when they were there. They definitely never mentioned half of the school smoked marijuana, but hey it was just a survey. I really don’t believe half of all of the students at that school smoke pot.

@aries
Placer High School and Placer county has more of an Oxycontin / prescription drug problem than a marijuana problem. Which is why I live in Sacramento, because I do not mind marijuana users. There are many more robberies and burglaries by Oxycontin addicts than there are by marijuana addicts.

The inventive anti-drug campaign comes on the heels of a recent survey from a Placer County high school that found “half of the students” use marijuana.

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A “recent survey” is not an accurate portrayal of the entire student body, the correct claim to have made would have been to say “A recent survey from a Placer County Highschool found that “HALF THE STUDENTS SURVEYED”.To make the claim that half the students smoke pot is absolutely idiotic, In fact maybe the person who wrote this article should be drug tested for stupidity.

Weed rules Alcohol sucks , we all know this. If Alcohol was created today it would be banned but because its taxable its ok ? You wonder why kids are confused. Nearly every tribe/ community on the planet has some way to alter their perception after a hard days work , its human nature. I’m sure that more people die from legal drugs than illegal but that dosn’t matter dose it ? its all about hype and control.
When will the world wake up and realise that if i work hard and pay taxes i should be able to put anything i like in my body as long as i’m not a danger to everyone else.

so much for 30 years of drug education, same can be said for sex education , or sensitivity training

I remember these anonymous surveys in High School. None of us took them seriously and put down we used everything from cough syrup to cocaine, doesnt mean we actually did (although there were some)

why always the argument that POT IS NOT AS BAD AS ALCHOHOL, ones real bad and the other is not as bad is not a legitimate justification for legalizing the stuff

well here we go , first , abortion on demand, then condoms on demand, then drug testing on demand, now drug testing supplies on demand, seems schools are doing a lot of demanding thses days. How about drug testing all the staff on demand by the parents of the kids on demand?,,,,sorry drug testing for the staff and resorce officers by the kids on demand? Now that would get rid of the insanity. The communist that are intruding in our families lives is uncostitutional, it violates the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. Wake up sheepers, your losing your nation and your kids to this type of Nazi controls
Seems the public schools are the new Ghettos’ wonder when that started and how that become the norm? Class we say the Happy 1960s? Oh yeah!! thats when we all became one. We have come a long way baby, that would be, fallen a long way…. down.

Useless marijuana laws, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov’t violations of our right:
They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like “America Deceived II” and censoring the internet.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
Impeach Obama and sweep out the Congress, except Ron Paul.
(Last link of Banned Book):
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000190526

Obedience out of fear isn’t as effective as obedience out of understanding.

I decided to read this article, and at the bottom of the page there is an ad for The Don Geronimo Show. Last I heard, he had moved to Sacramento to do a show, this was about a year ago, if not mistaken. Haven’t heard from him. Actually, I have, wasn’t he in some sort of accident when he was at a show not so long ago? He did a faceplant when he fell offstage. Well, I remember him from the Don and Mike show, which basically ended back in 2008. I have to admit, that was a good show.

What a load of bullsiht.

I graduated from High School in 1995 and we never had any drug problems, kid’s bringing weapons to school, school cops, nothing like that! We had good ‘ol fist fights and kids would bring pocket knives to school and the teachers never thought twice about any of it! My generation was ALOT more well behaved than kids nowadays, and everybody wonders why we have kids murder other kids, drug problems, and more kids having sex? I’ll tell you why! When we got in trouble at school, we didn’t get a slap on the wrist and sent to time out! We had our butts busted with a thick wood paddle! Then we got it again when we got home from our parents! But now, it’s considered to be child abuse! Am I the only one who sees a pattern here?

Their parents probably smoke…

There should be a mandatory vaccine for this problem…?

Spot on Bob! Although I think the real delineating factor here is “made by man” Vs “made by nature”. Marijuana=bad, Marinol (highly concentrated synthetic THC)=good. Opium=bad, Oxycontin=good. Personally I think it is an out-growth of christianity’s insistence that god made us, and the resulting psychotic tendency to attempt to destroy and or dominate all of the natural world.

-Oz

When was the last time you heard about someone coming home, taking a few bong-rips. then beating their wife into a coma?

-Oz

“if i work hard and pay taxes i should be able to put anything i like in my body as long as i’m not a danger to everyone else.” I agree. Just don’t expect me to pay for your health problems.

What a non-story. And for those of you at CBS 13 that didn’t know: Placerville is still in El Dorado County, not Placer County.

You’re absolutely right. We had them too. In the end it turned out that 2/3rds of our student body was on heroin. The difference though is that we didn’t get free drug tests. We got a lecture from the local police admonishing us for not taking the test seriously. Of course, we had the class clown raise his hand and ask the officer, “What if 2/3rds of us really do use heroin and we need help!?”

And my friends wonder why we home school…

Things haven’t changed much in ten years. Half of my high school’s student body used marijuana too. Most are doing fine…

In the wake of the sad shooting in Tuscon, it is interesting to note that the shooter was a chronic pot smoker, and had easy access to it. It is a known fact that chronic use can induce paranoia and accelerate other psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia. If these facts are correct, there will likely be a higher incidence of psychiatric conditions in that county over time, as well as criminal/violent activity.

Jim Fixx ran marathons…and died in his 40′s. Pete Maravich played basketball daily…and died in his 40′s. John Wayne smoked six pack of cigarettes a day and died in his 70′s. Who had the “more expensive” “health problem”?

Sure it is pete..morally reprehensible for a society to jail people for something that is SAFER don’t ya think?Or were u even thinking before you wrote that?NO ONE is saying people sahould smoke up, but it is a better alternative to brain killing booze anyday for people over 21 IMO

sure, but did he also watch TV?there is a lot of psychotic stuff on TV…Did he drink or use or use other drugs?The whole pothead thing was dished out by the media to diss weed in the NEVERENDING campaign to prevent society from being less alcoholic….Cannabis is an anti cancer agent.Of course i agree mentally ill people shouldn’t smoke, but they shouldn’t watch the news or drink either…I think he was on prescription meds as well so lets ban those since ALL the mass shotters were either on them or had just gotten off of them!Unbelievable how people try to rationalize arresting 700,000 people a year…..Of which 699, 994 will never SHOOT anyone

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Pot is goody.Prescription drugs baddy…Beer and wine not so bad, whiskey is the devil.People who are against pot must hate music and love too…kids shouldn’t smoke, but adults should be allowed the choice

i work in the drug testing industry. These “at home” tests are not a valid test. save your money. cheers

technically john wayne because he lived longer

Jeff.. you are right.. pot is goody.. pot if for adults only and I have to say that were my children in high school, I’d test them and every friend they bring around… I don’t want to live in a police state, but I reserve the right to run my house as one..

Why drag Christianity into this you troll? A lot of Christians are in to being more natural, especially with our foods. How about we look at the fact? When the California medical marijuana case came to the supreme court, the 4 conservative, CHRISTIANS all voted that the Feds had no authority in the case. It was 5 of the LIBERAL, ATHEIST, and JEWISH members that voted to give the Feds control over marijuana, because they are power hunger, big government liberals. Kiss off.

I lived in Auburn CA for 11 years. This piece is completely inconsistent. The article does not mention which high school the survey was done at. Placer High School in one of the smaller high schools in Placer county. The by line of Placerviille is also questionable as mentioned above. Placerville is across the cannon in El Dorado County (it takes the better part of an hour to drive from Auburn to Placerville so it is hard to mistake being in one or the other). So either the by line is wrong or they were talking to the El Dorado County Sheriff (take your pick). It is sad the state of the reporting. If the reporter can not get the elementary geography correct, how likely is it that the statistics and the policy being reported is correct? It makes me wonder what substance the reporter was using (was not even aware where he was).

China has to do no more to take over the world, than just wait until these punks grow up – Sad!

No one should smoke.
Smoking is caveman technology.

Why waste your lungs, and health on smoking?

All you cavemen should Google vaporizer, and get one fast.

So half of the student body has tested positive for marijuana. How’s that Drug War workin’ out for ya?

RE-LEGALIZE MARIJUANA. That, plus a major revival among the American People, are the ONLY answers to our nation’s drug “problem”. Prohibition has FAILED. Deal with it!

You don’t want to live in a police state yet you’ll readily subject others to it? Sound thinking you weird tyrant

I would throw them all in jail for a month, then after they dry out I would give them one strike policy at high school, get caught one more time, they get kicked out of high school for life, and they also receive only half benefits from the US government for not completing high school.

Marijuana is for dopes, these kids cannot see next week, let alone the vast array of bright futures they are throwing away. i wish I could take all away somewhere else to start over.

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As a person who uses marijuana, I say hat’s fine. God bless you for being a strict parent.

You are absolutely right: the only way to may strong in-roads against drug use in the US would be to live in a total police state. Do we really want that, in a nation that prides itself in liberty & justice for all? Should we start mass executions of or give long prison sentences to drug “abusers”? If we ever get serious about fighting drugs, that that – or LEGALIZING THEM – is our only option.

As for me & my house, I prefer LIBERTY & State’s Rights over a Police State any & every time.

IF people smoke , that means there is a market for it. Lets drug test CONGRESS, I bet they got more pills, booze, and pot in them than most. Also it’s only a crime if you make it a crime. It’s all about the real EVIL…….money

This is the most ham-fisted, idiotic response to pot use I’ve ever heard. Jail for a month? One strike policy at high school? Who do you propose pays for this scheme? Do you think jail has really ever convinced ANYONE to stop smoking weed?

I know many people with “bright futures” – indeed successful careers – that happen to smoke weed regularly. I know people that have absolutely wrecked their lives on legal intoxicants too. It’s because of people like you that I fear for the future of our country, not some high school kids experimenting with pot.

At least these kids who are toking up will havelower rates of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease than their peers who don’t use marijuana. The shocking news is that using marijuana is the best way to to prevent Alzheimer’s disease and it has powerful antitumor activity.

Me too! I too wish you could take all away somewhere else to start over.

Maybe China would work for ya? Venzuela? Cuba? Oh, I know, Iran.

Bon Voyage!

Good thinking. These kids need help, so let’s throw them out of school and into the street. Jail also sounds like a wonderful option. I’ve got a better idea though. Why don’t we just line them all up against the wall and blow their brains out? Then they’ll never use drugs again!

Great idea, as long as the Placer County Sheriff’s Department, the school board, the teachers, and the parents, all take the same test.

Placerville is in El dorado County not Placer. Also, the Placer County Deputy Sheriff’s Association paid for the tests, not the Sheriff’s Office. The deputies paid for this program out of their own pockets.

I’m not a big fan of the WOD – Marijuana Division, but I’ll give some cred to a school district whose idea of this is to empower parents to live up to their responsibility for their own kids.

Only one nation in recorded history successfully suppressed the use of intoxicating substances: Communist China. How did they do it? The penalty for getting caught with any illegal substance was death. That’s Death, no attorney fees or appeals.

People who smoked weed in America 60 years ago were members of a secret society. They accepted the responsibilities that came with smoking weed when being arrested with one joint could get you ten years in prison. Pot smokers today are a lot of rich, baby-crying, paranoid wussbags with delusions of grandeur. Just sayin’…Look in the mirror, am I wrong?

If had to learn my teenager was on something – I would rather pot than the “real” gateway drugs: alcohol and pharmaceuticals. I was about to get on my horse and tell of the studies that prove marijuana is least harmful than all the “drugs” including tobacco, but you know what? Educated people know it, and so does the government. Marijuana’s only noticeable side effect that was shown in multiple studies: a decrease in violence!
GEE, who would want that and how could the govt make $ off it?

Pot is bad news!!!! But if we legalize pot , then leagalize Brothels and Pedophiles too. After all adults have the right to choose.

Good idea. Let’s kick them out of school so they can wind up uneducated and dependent on the system (or crime) to get by. Then they can vote for whoever appeals to them (usually a Democrat).

On second thought, that doesn’t sound so good. Let’s just kill anyone who tests positive for drugs in their system (uhhh, except alcohol of course, because we all know that is harmless).

Statistically….yes you are wrong

The use of dope is rampant, even in corporations. I’ve worked for some of the largest telecommunications companies and over half of all their managers smoke dope on the job so it’s not surprising that their children are pot heads also.

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If you don’t know if your kid is using pot or not, it’s too late. You either connect with your kids or lose them in their teen years.

The way to help kids is to expect and demand more, because I believe in them and their capability.

Alternatively, helping them by coddling their juvenile tendencies is to think less of them, and enables their stagger toward antipathy, meaninglessness, and death.

papers please!

what an idiotic statement,clown!

Smoking pot doesn’t hurt anyone except allegedly the user. Pedophiles infringe on the rights of children with their actions. Please learn what liberty is or we will continue to slowly lose it

The type of jail and prisons I have in mnd wouldn’t cost much, the inmates don’t want to live by society’s rules, then they can support themselves on their own rules, including growing their own food, cleaning their own habitiat, making their own furniture or paying for these things.

A tough jail where the inmates are in charge would be terrificly fearsome, and therefore would be convincing.

Wow, half of these responses from people are absolutely ludicrous. Throw the kids in jail? Have a one strike policy? Have any of you clowns even smoked marijuana? I smoke pot regularly, and I am a fully functioning member of society, with a degree and a full time job.

Todd, do you drink alcohol? If so, you are doing much more damage to your body, and lowering your inhibitions far more than smoking a joint at the end of the day. It’s people like you that are the problem,

People really need to do their research on what pot actually does to the user. Zero deaths have ever been attributed the marijuana, no cases of cancer, etc etc, I could go on forever.

Is pot for kids? No. Should we take such an extreme stance on the issue? Absolutely not. As someone said before me, prohibition doesn’t work. It’s failed with alcohol, and it’s obviously failing with marijuana.

30,000+ drug cartel-related deaths in Mexico, of which Marijuana is the primary culprit. Casual, recreational drug use by dim-witted, slack-jawed Americans is an atrocity in the country through which said drugs are trafficked. Marijuana undermines public lucidity and competence. You smelly hippies disgust me; small wonder California is such a wretched mess.

Todd,

Death penalty for pot use.

And that is no joke. It is sarcasm.

Any article on pot drags out all the stoners………….shows that it consumes their lives, takes priority over everything else for them. Enjoy you rpot boys and girls.

How can they be doing that? Drugs are prohibited. You can’t get them. I’m sure prohibited means unavailable. How can they be smoking?

And that is no joke. It is sarcasm.

Many of you pot smokers like to use the phrase “Police State” to decry any attempts to curtail marijuana use in our schools. Fast forward 10 or 15 years to a headline that reads, “1/2 of high school students use cocaine or meth- amphetamines.” You are ok I guess when kids are high while taking their biology test but how do you feel about them progressing to the point where they begin to turn their brains into fried green tomatoes. Where do you draw the line on drug use or do you ever? And if you do draw one somewhere, aren’t you implicitly going to need some form of “police state” to back up your limits? Just wondering.

Man made beer, God made pot. God is perfect, man is not.

God doesn’t exist, pot is enjoyable and harmless. Any harm is brings upon you is your own fault. Let that be the end of it.

It is obvious to me that most Americans are on drugs, legal or illegal ones….

tom, God also made hemlock – He did not say I should consume it.
Maybe it is your logic that is NOT perfect

If I’m not harming or threatening the safety of others (28 year old smoker, working, no police record) what business is it of yours what I choose to smoke, eat, drink, buy, read, or do?

Good luck getting any of your students to ever fill out another survey….or to let you know if they see a crime taking place at school…very risky move to betray the trust of your students in this way….

God didn’t plant marijuana. The Mexican banditos did that!

Only in the USA… So glad I am Canadian

Pot is a naturally occuring plant that has been villanized for a good part of the last 100 years. Pot is perfectly harmless in moderation, and it even has medically beneficial qualities. I am a highschool student and I would be the first one to say that in my opinion the “gateway” affect is propoganga that has been perpetuated by serving as an easy excuse for drug addicts. You take hard drugs on your own by your own choice. Seeing as marijuana is not addictive, and it is impossible for you to overdose on it I find it incredibly hard to be believe that something so innocent puts people in prison while people walk around the street smoking ciggarettes and it is perfect acceptable. Tired of the moronic rhetoric that our country feels it is obligated to uphold

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8:10 hardcore drug users I “know” don’t even smoke pot. but the do drink….

Where do I draw the line? That’s a very simple question to answer. You can read it @ this link:

http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3417

We, as a society already do draw a line when it comes to drug use. The drugs alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine are accepted and widely used. There have been many studies done into the harmfulness of marijuana in a comparison to these socially accepted drugs. The fact is that recreational marijuana use is less harmful, and less addictive to people than the others. So it would seem that where we draw the line is moot, and in the end marijuana was made illegal for business reasons, particularly gasoline engines, and nylon rope, and it was pushed through with racism.

Do some research dude.

Wow, 1/2 of students have a medical condition that can ONLY be helped by pot? Or is the result when you tell them that drugs are bad but medical use of pot is ok? Medical pot should be repealed.

Keep trying to stop its growth and you’ll find more and more people are smoking everyday to relief the stress from work or the stress made by the same people that say its illegal(Government). We waste money one trying to stop people smoking when we should be educating safe use and responsible use.

So Placerville is now in Placer County?….Pretty interesting reporting or is it in El Dorado County? What does the Placerville bi-line have to do with Placer County?

Todd If you practiced what you preach you would be able to convince a child to stop “bad habits” by example. You expect more from someone by leading them towards the right choices not trying to take away the wrong ones. However your suggestion to use police to enforce your moral laws shows that you aren’t capable of that. Since younger people don’t respect you, and won’t follow you as a leader, you choose to parent, lead, teach, ect through totalitarian laws. Won’t work, never has

I could understand that goof if this was USA Today, but a local news outlet?

How come a high school kid is smarter than half the adults in this country? Because he can read!

Marijuana according to many studies causes lung cancer, schizophrenia, paranoia, A-motivational syndrome, DNA changes, sexual problems, holes in the brain, macular degeneration and, lowers the immune system. Don’t the schools teach students the devastating effects of all drugs including marijuana. The information is easy to research on the Web and medical studies.

Did anyone catch the fact that you must get the subsidised test through the POLICE DEPARTMENT!

Nor is your interpretation of the book of Genesis.

14 year-olds don’t follow political discourse and most probably don’t that “medical marijuana” exists. They some weed because it feels good, their friends do it, and it is a way to rebel.

A good reason not to smoke dope: It is illegal.
Simple enough that even a pothead should be able to understand it – ‘tho many won’t.

It is my understanding the selling these screens on an individual basis is illegal. A method of confirmation must be included at the sales price. This is an FDA requirement. Both the seller and the manufacturer can be charged.

Yeah, instead we put kids on Ritalin because parents and teachers can not handle a bit of hype activity in some children. Specifically boys.

It is apparent by the ridiculous comments here that there are a lot of pot users. It shows by the stupid statements and outright lies about pot.

An Old Hippie you are the absolute dumbest.

Show me a dope smoker and I will show you a total loser.

Amazing how many adult “potheads” continue to claim that marijuana is harmless as their brains just slooooooooooooooowwwww down with each drag. IDIOTS! Why do people need to medicate themselves?

Cannabis is a plant. It grows naturally.

Your logic is flawed, i’m afraid.

There is no sense in debating pot smokers as their minds are fried and they will never believe that there is anything wrong with their drug of choice. Even though the AZ shooter was a heavy pot user they will defend his use as medicinal. we all see how well that worked out. Anyways, I do not want to debate them as they are a lost cause but I will say I support the program. This program will help parents that are trying to raise productive members of society. They want their kids to have a good life and using druugs in high school is the first step towards destroying those plans. Give them the help they need before their kid turns out to be the next intervention episode.

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Haha, holes in the brain. classic ignorance

nervousness headache increased heart rate
anxiety upset stomach irregular heartbeat
irritability, GI irritation, elevated blood pressure
agitation, heartburn, increased cholesterol
tremors, diarrhea, nutritional deficiencies
insomnia, fatigue, poor concentration
depression, dizziness and bed wetting.

We need to get to work on legislation to ban caffeine.

Are you okay with teens drinking coffee? How about caffeinated soda? Those are drugs, but they are on another level right? I am comparing apples and oranges, because cannabis is not the same as caffeine, right?. Well the same goes for comparing cannabis to cocaine and meth. You are using a slippery slope argument. It’s a logical fallacy plain and simple. You draw the line where the drugs are damaging. Cannabis not only lacks any significant dangers, but it provides health benefits. Come back when you have something intelligent to say, John.

Spitting is also illegal in most states but you know how often that is enforced.

DNA Changes? really? please sir, cite your sources. I’m going to pretend you didn’t say DNA changes because that’s just silly and proves you have no concept of how DNA actually works.

lets tackle at least one of your claims because they are mostly bogus. in fact not a single death in the US has been caused by marijuana. here is a legitimate artical from the Washington post on your lung cancer : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html

many other legitimate studies have come to the same conclusion.

unfortunately I have real work to do today or I would tackle each one of your claims individually, so any other folks who want to pick this up please go ahead.

by the way, I might smoke a little from time to time. I have a great job, a fantastic family and work my ass off. I have never been stoned and threatened any violence on anyone as your good friend alcohol might have someone do.

I know a post like this probably wont change your mind. but I do urge you to open your mind a little bit and read some actual case studies instead of shooting off whatever propaganda you may have heard or made up.

Oh. So God picked that plant, dried it, and rolled it into a joint, then lit it on fire for you to inhale from? Nope… you did that.

Also, God made hops and barley. Man didn’t make those; they just fermented them.

Your argument makes absolutely zero sense, but you probably didn’t bother to think about that, now did you?

” what business is it of yours what I choose to smoke, eat, drink, buy, read, or do?”

So by that “logic”, kiddie porn is OK?

Further flawed “logic” – you are doing something illegal, but say you have no police record.

So as long as you avoid arrest, all is good?

Sir Richard Branson
Rick Steves
Aaron Sorkin
Michael Phelps
Barack Obama
Michael Bloomberg
Ted Turner
Montel Williams
Stephen King
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bill Murray
Steve Jobs
William Shakespeare
And Bill Gates hints to having smoked.
What a bunch of loosers!!!!

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It is called individual responsibility. And if you are engaging in a criminal activity then it is a collective responsibility. You have an implicit responsibility to be a productive contributing member of society and to comport your self within the laws of the community in which you reside. If you choose not to do so then you will eventually be caught or become unable to continue to be a contributing member of society and then you become a drain on that community, either through incarceration paid for by my tax dollars, or through an accident/wreck/other disabling event as a result of your drug use, again paid for by my tax dollars. Not only that, but your drug use brings in a criminal element to grow/distribute the substance and that means the community must hire more police to fight the crime. Again, my tax dollars going to combat/control your habit. I would rather see you and others find other outlets for your addictive behaviors, perhaps exercising, or community involvement. Then you would not be a drain, but rather a contributing member of society. As it is, it is easy to see that you believe you are harming no one with your habit, but you fail to realize the long term impacts and consequences of what you are doing. By your usage you are contributing to an ‘entitlement” mentality where what you want to do is ok and we should just accept it. I don’t buy into that philosophy, but you have foisted tacit acceptance on me because I have to pay the burden your habit inevitably places on society. You have no police record yet, doubt you are earning as much as you could be earning if you weren’t engaged in illicit behaviors since you can’t pass a simple drug test. So in sum total you are operating below your peak abilities and yet that is alright with you. Some of us on the other hand eschew your behavior and consequently we are earning a higher wage and contributing more of our hard earned dollars in tax revenue to make up for the less than stellar performers.

When you ban cigarettes and alcohol I’ll stop smoking pot, deal?

Ritalin, Advil, Tylenol 3, Perkasets, Oxycontin = Legal + caused countless deaths
Alcohol, cigarettes = Legal + caused countless deaths
Pot = Illegal and yet to claim one victim

Way to go war on drugs!

Too many parents think “THEIR KID” is an angel. Naive!

At least in Wiconsin, parents can order free home drug test kits online using links to a THIRD PARTY (TestMyTeen.com) to remain anonymous. The links to the third party are available on local police department and school websites.

Home drug testing is clearly necessary, but it should be between kids and their parents, not the schools!

You avoid debating individuals who are pro marijuana because you are tired of losing debates.

Ban alcohol and cigarettes and then you can have the higher moral ground.

clearly necessart? how messed up are you? nazi parents. not normal.

You must be a liberal. Can’t and won’t debate the issue but will make personal attacks on character without proof.
Nice job lib.
BTW – One of this worlds largest mass murder Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, a Catholic a non-drinker and did not use drugs. We see how well believing in God and living a healthy lifestyle has worked out.
What a goofball statement you’ve made. :

@Chris
Well while you have a couple of good points personal responsibility is a double edged sword. As a society we decided that Alcohol and Cigarettes were less harmful than marijuana about a hundred years ago, which is quite a while in terms of scientific advancement, as well as information sharing.

For instance, we now know that marijuana is not nearly as harmful as we originally thought, first off it is physically impossible to overdose or “kill” yourself with pot, it is used as a medication for cancer patients and as a pain medication among other uses. It also has negative effects like causing short term memory loss, erectile disfunction, and lung cancer. Cigarettes and alcohol have all these negative effects and more than I could possibly name in this post, in addition to the fact that they kill MILLIONS of people a year combined, both directly and even indirectly.

As we progress scientifically and produce studies that reinforce these facts it becomes harder to see exactly why we outlawed Marijuana in the first place. You can find all kinds of info on the internet and it seems that there was a lot of pressure being applied by the timber and tactile industries as hemp and hemp oil were useful alternatives to wool, paper and the like. Take that with a grain of salt as there is no easy way to find out exactly why it was banned but when you put it up to a microscope against alcohol and cigarettes, what exactly is different, why is one legal and the other not?

In summary if we as a society have enough “personal responsibility” to consume alcohol and cigarettes, why aren’t we afforded the right to smoke marijuana? Are we supposed to blindly follow laws founded a century ago in direct contradiction to the information we now know? Doesn’t being part of a democratic society DEMAND that we stand up in the face of what we think is wrong and utilize our first amendment rights to create a country that is fair and equal and represents the citizens that live under it’s flag?

Just a thought

Too many parents are not active in their children’s lives.
Instead of getting active in their lives; they opt to go once again to the school and/or the police to do the parenting for them.

Thanks Sarah Palin!!!

Please investigate what the word Nazi means before throwing it in to a discussion. The overuse of the word has caused any shock value it once had to fade. I think the use of the word now says more about the person using it than it does about the person they are criticizing. Is a diagram ‘necessart’ for you to follow that one?

Kids learn from adults, folks.

I can show you millions of losers who don’t smoke pot. What’s your point?

NONE OF THIS IS NECESSARY. PARENTS TALK TO YOUR KIDS DO NOT FALL INTO THIS BS, It’s becoming more and more like a police state than a country of freedom, PARENTS YOU WILL CAUSE YOUR KIDS TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME OR WORST TO FIND OTHER DRUGS SUCH AS INHALENTS THAT ARE FAR MORE DEADLY THAN MARIJUANA IS!!! SERIOUSLY DO NOT SUPPORT DRUG TESTING ON MINORS PARENTS YOU WILL LOSE IN THE END

Well the last 20 years of Americas presidents all did it. So I guess its not that bad.

I agree that for most parents this should not be necessary. But seriously, have you ever experienced anything like a police state? Do you not see how much freedom you have in this country? I think that unless there is a known problem and a question of one’s safety is involved, these tests should not be used. If a student who is under the influence of drugs harmed another member of society, we’d complain that they weren’t diligent enough.

Turboat, you’re an idiot.

It’s Bush’s fault, and you know it!

CALIFORNIA- LAND OF DOPERS AND SLACKERS, OR AS YOUR GOVERNOR ONCE SAID FRUITS AND NUTS .

It’s all the 49′er miner descendants gettin’ high.

The tests are provided by the deputy sheriffs association and can be picked up AT the schools. The schools are only involved as being a location to pick up the tests. That is all.

If it was 1850, the parents in Nevada City would be lookin’ for gold while the kids were drinking whiskey out of a hose connected to a giant barrel. So, maybe this is an improvement.

WOW that is a high usage rate!
It looks like the drug war works.

NOT!!!
TAX-REGULATE-CONTROLL

Sarah????? are you nut’s it is clearly BUSH’S fault…..

By the way, Placerville is in El Dorado County in the Motherlode. Placer County is home of Auburn, Colfax, etc. Both in Gold Country. The kids in El Dorado County are probably close to 75% high on pot, cause their parents grow it in the backwoods to sell to yuppie co-ops, and then their big dogs try to kill me when I innocently ride my bike down a dirt road, as happened yesterday. Luckily, I’m packin’ a dog pistol, and I haven’t had to actually kill a dog yet, cause they are scared of loud noises.

Not really surprised by this, however I do agree. Finding out your kid is on coke or meth has to be a shocker to most parents, Pot however, really shouldn’t be a “drug” but also should have a age limit like cigarrets which might I add are far more deadly then pot is.

I kind of agree. Parents do have to take an active roll in their childrens lives. If the parents have earned any respect over the years their words will carry alot of weight, but if you lie to the kids they will think everything you say is a lie. Just think before you speak and be prepared for the retort and you will do fine. There are no bad children only bad parents.

This effort is unfortunately misguided, though perhaps well intentioned. I’ve been a professional in this industry for 22 years and need to let people in on the “dirty little secret” about all such “instant results SCREENING devices”, meaning they are not what the law defines as a real “TEST”, e.g. the results generated by them cannot bear scrutiny thus they are not evidentiary in a court of law due to their inherent flaws concerning accuracy. The secret: They have a huge propensity for generating FALSE NEGATIVES, something the manufacturers do not want exposed. That means there is an unacceptably high likelihood they will NOT detect sunstances that are actually present: FALSE NEGATIVES. Since specimens, especially those thought to be “negative”, are not confirmed by legitimate, “confirmation testing” at a real, SAMHSA certified laboratory no one is the wiser; people think substances are not being used by that individual and the sales of these “novelty” devices continues. This integrity/accuracy issue has been well known by researchers within the industry for over 10 years but the profitable market for these devices would disappear overnight if the public became educated about this. $10? Unfortunately, these devices aren’t worth $0.10 because one can never trust a “Negative” result generated by any them; the technology just isn’t there despite manufacturer’s claims to the contrary.

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So we are regulating PLANTS??? Whose side is this country leaning towards? The Creator or santanic destruction? I don’t use drugs and the marijuana laws are RIDICULOUS!!!!!!

only half? well that’s California could be worse could be Memphis where half the school is pregnant.. the war is over and we have lost

The war against what? Kids are curious and they are taught ALL about every kind of drug at school….I grew up hearing, “try anything at least once and if you like it, do it again….” And again…marijuana is not “drugs,” it is a PLANT! As addictive as a tomato….Sheep are so easily led by retoric that perhaps it IS good we have some bizarre laws on the books just so all of the thinking humans of this world will know who those dangerous people are!

You do realize that Bacchus is the Roman god of drunken orgies, right?

Obviously you are a drug user and not a parent.

Do you always feel the need to find some entity far removed from yourself to blame for problems near you? Could you share with us you list of who is to blame for all the problems you see around you? Do you have a list of solutions to go along with it? Are you on that list of solutions?

Don’t blame Sarah Palin — she isn’t the Drug Warrior that VP Biden & Sens. Dianne Feinstein or Chuck Schumer are. In fact, I heard her say that despite her not being in favor of re-legalizing marijuana, she does believe that we need to focus our law enforcement priorities on fighting violent crime & drop marijuana law enforcement down a notch.

TO MANY PARENTS STILL USE.

Check out John Taylor Gatto on the YouTube. Teacher, Educator of the Year, Author. He talks about what everybody knows deep down, schools are incarceration centers of indoctrination and non-learning. Kids need drugs to cope with how F’ed up it is. Wait until they find out that the bankers run the country and they won’t all be rich doctors and lawyers. In fact, they’ll have no real education, a worthless “college” degree, tons of debt, and no inkling about the real history of Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson fighting the central banks which have ultimately won. Might as well get high, kids.

When are the parents gonna talk to the kids? They drop em off at 7:30 so they, both parents, can go work for the man, which they’ve probably been doing since the kid was 8 months old. The kids get 6 hours of busywork homework per day and are chronically sleep deprived. The one hour or two the kids get to themselves per day is spent watching the false reality of television, or playing first person shooter video games. The parents are strangers to them, and as soon as the kid is old enough, our culture says they must leave the nuclear family in order to get their own debt for cars, houses, etc. Everything is totally messed up. It’s not Tom Sawyer America anymore.

Average age for puberty in the 1960′s was 12 for girls and 14 for boys, today it is 9yrs. & 4mos. for girls – does that mean they can resposibly drink also? Guess what’s the average age for puberty in boys today – later – I’ll bet many have already gone to pot by then

So by now we(as a nation) have a couple of generations that have been raised by whichever state they live in….And how’s that all working out? Joe Sixpack: you are NOT a moron….Yay! Do we have any other humans in this counrty that still feel free to think for themselves or are we now living under the American flag in a socialist nightmare????

FREEDOM??? Not in the town I live in…And are we going to discuss how many crimes are commited by “stoners” or do we want to lump addicts in with those people who DO enjoy hitting their bong or maybe drinking a glass of wine here and there?

Marijuana is a plant, but the strains grown for sale today are genetically modified forms with much higher concentrations of THC than found in nature. The natural form MIGHT be non-addictive, but the “enhanced” variety is a different matter.

Why don’t they give all these kids AIDS tests, and find out how many are infected? Doesn’t anyone care about that?

Don’t partake myself, but this sounds like a police department drumming up some fear in a time of budget cuts.

You know when your kids are stoned, if you pay attention to them at all. Don’t waste time or money on drug tests. Just spend some time with your kids.

You think the cops are selling $ 40.00 drug tests for $ 10.00 and losing money ? Ha.

Only half of the student are getting high?
it was a majority of the students at my school ,including most of the teachers.
so whats the “new” problem here?
I’m 52:)
they want to start drug testing kids??
and thats news….pleeze.
I guess the the police dept. needed some advertising for there product line:)
are we stoned or stupid…

soapbox derby champion!

HALF???

Gee, how’s that whole ‘war on drugs’ thing workin’ out for ya?

Let’s see… It causes vilolence and crime… Kills thousands every year… Incarcerates thousands every year… And doesn’t stop the problem.

Wow, sounds like success.

You are an idiot. Police state!? Because parents test their kids for drugs? GTFO.

More drug testing leads to failure. It creates more hell rather than addressing why people have a motive to use drugs. Drug use rises due to depression and bad feelings rising. SSRIs don’t work. Psychiatry doesn’t work in its current state. The solution is to find ways to truly make people feel better, not create more hell darkness and evil by increasing security and control. Perhaps we should listen to this new paradigm now, rather than go through hell and ignorance for years then finally change.

Wow just another stunt in the war on drugs. When are the police going to smarten up and actually do something useful, like bust a meth lab once in a while…

There’s your future tax base, Caleeefornia!

Illegal aliens and pot-heads.
….oh wait -THAT ALREADY IS YOUR TAX BASE!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
CA = R.I.P.

I am all for drug testing if it includes faculty and staff.

Why don’t they just put up on of those “drug free zone” signs?

I think it’s because we know what police states are that we don’t want to BECOME one. It’s not like they grow on trees. Trying to stop the little steps does not make one paranoid, or does it? Do we have to wait until a police state is formed before we can comment on the likelihood of it forming? Do you watch your gauges while you drive, or just wait until something blows up?

Yes, but at least they’re not smoking cigarettes.

Good point about the gauges. But this isn’t schools or a government entity doing the testing–just parents. It is their responsibility as a parent. If the school or county was doing drug testing I’d feel differently. I do feel that these tests should be used as a last resort, when communication and trust have been exhausted. I’m sure that some parents will give the test for misguided reasons.

THC is THC…You just need to smoke less of it when it is a better strain(thus lessening the effects of smoking)….

yes i have experienced police states and different countries I have lived in about 5 different countries and been all over the world, and it saddens me to see my country degrading further and further placing more un-necessary restrictions, there are things i am grateful for here, as well as somethings i deem to be pointless. I have served in the military for over 5 years and I am a civilian again, I have seen all sides of the argument and I think drugtesting your children can only lead to BIGGER PROBLEMS, when i have kids I will not drug test them, rather i will have talks to them and tell the the truth about each drug. you start drugtesting kids they will find cheaper (hidden) ways to get high like i said earlier inhalents which can be extremely deadly, marijuana is harmless and in my eyes less of an issue than alcohol, and its a shame that parents buy into the hype of drugtesting their children.

If you need a drug test kit to see that your kids are stoners you need to put down the prescriptions and Vodka long enough to pay attention.

Good for the kids, there is no harm in it and it is normal (and I am certain that it is higher than 50%….it was in the early 1990s anyway at my school). Loosen up people, let’s quit wasting money on the drug war. I am in my late 30s, successful, and haven’t smoked pot for years….but when I did it did not harm me at all.

I think there are some instances where drug testing may have to be done by parents to ensure the safety of the child and other family members. Alcohol use by teens, and prescription drug abuse, are problems that can definitely be more deadly than marijuana use. Also, the tests were for a longer list of drugs that included meth. Many in the posting area seem only to be concerned with testing for weed. Thanks for the thoughtful post.

Poor kids, I feel for you.

I’m 47 and have since high school….steady good paying scientifically based job, family of 4 in a modest home. Kids are in sports, cub scouts etc…but yup, I smoke it almost every day, but of course out of their site. Such a happy relaxant after work. Ahh, so nice….

If faculty and staff were tested, there wouldn’t be many teachers left.

We live in a police state, Ken. Stop kidding yourself.

they should also encourage the kids to buy the tests to test their parents, OHH and also the police should be tested evrey week

This is a BAD IDEA. I have raised two young men and we have had our sit downs about alcohol and drugs. Parents drug testing their kids, and schools randomly testing kids is a BAD IDEA. This should be a last resort to a suspicious situation, not a first act that WILL lead to distrust of the student with the parents, student and school, and student and community. The Placerville Sheriffs Dept. is alright in selling the tests, and whatnot. What happens if a kid tests positive,does it go on a “permanent record”, blemishing a kid for good? That’s not the answer, we got enough criminals as it stands. If there is a suspicion, prove it. If not then get lost, the honest kid being called to take a drug test they don’t deserve,and pasted didn’t prove a negative. This is all about a system making a few bucks off the kids and their families over a misdemeanor charge in most cases..

The Land of the Free – Not any more it isn’t!

Not surprising. Here in MI, it’s that and worse. Whites and blacks alike are regular users, prescription drug addictions at an all time high, methadone labs in everyone’s neighborhood, metadone babies born to addicts (at least 6 weeks hospitalization for infants to be weaned off of drugs), parents are addicts and users, hs students are addicts and users, everyone’s on public healthcare or SSI, tax payers and jobs moving out, drug passing kits at the CVS counters. Welcome to reality.

ugh, what was I going to say?

If the kids need testing, I think the parents should line up and take the tests also. Bet money that the parents come out close to 30% positive. what do you think the teachers would test at?

“Sight”, and you have a lot in common with our prez. Too bad you keep it from your family, it would make for great family time.

Placerville is in El Dorado County, not Placer County which is to the north. Perhaps CBS Sacramento should buy up a few of the spare drug tests for their reporters.

Parents have always been able to purchase home “drug-test” kits for testing their own children, it seems the county is assisting parents in purchasing the test kits at a reduced price to parents, albeit at a cost to taxpayers.

If half of school kids are testing positive for Marijuana, then that begs the real question. How much longer should we continue to promote, fund and prosecute for this FAILED “War” on Drugs?

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I know for a fact that 5 of MY teachers in THIS School sell pot to students… Prove me wrong, need proof?

I think I’ll drop dime on them. I’m so sick of their anti American attitudes. What about my future? They are the ones who are trying to destroy it for us by letting my felow students get away without question. Please somone help us. I’m serious.

Its disgusting how our countrys leader bows to a leader of a dictatrship. They should teach kids in PLACER that it is rong next to how bad pot is. This school is ANTI-AMERICAN.

1/2 the student body…2/3 of the faculty are potheads

California is doomed for all time! Get out while you still can.

And the cops, teachers, drug test makers and parents all drink BOOZE.

What the hell is the difference? Oh I know….

Nothing!

Hypocrites…

You can drink booze also when you are old enough. Doc-F

Marijuana is the safest drug on the planet. It has been used in medicine for over 5000 years. Visit Google and type in RUN FROM THE CURE. Watch the full video and you’ll learn why the govt.doesn’t want anyone to have this harmless herb.

rong?

Oh i know….booze is legal, and there old enough drink.

Amy, challenge a teacher to show The American Trinity – five minute YouTube vid by a Dennis Prager in class maybe. They probably won’t let you, or get upset somehow…but I thought it was brilliant and simple way to show how and why America really is exceptional, etc.
cheers,
JP
“The bigger the government the smaller the citizen”
Dennis Prager

…and that is sooooo much safer than pot. Not.

Yes, it is widely used, but it is also frequently a “gateway” drug. In many cases it leads to cocaine and opiate use. I’ve seen this first hand as a parent of three (all of whom were great students and wonderful kids) and as a teacher/college prof in far too many students. Many of those wonderful, intelligent. promising kids are now DEAD! Grow up… and learn the FACTS concerning weed use..

Placerville or Placer County? They’re not the same.

Foxy Doc,
The gateway effect is due to marijuana being forced on the black market where drug dealers sell many other harmful drugs. Pot users are exposed to these types of people and substances due to prohibiton, not an effect of marijuana. Why don’t you learn the FACTS.

Bong

Yes it is. But, Placer County is a Republican stronghold.

Jimmie,

This is totally not true. The same problem did not happen during the prohibition of alcohol. Marijuana is classified as a catch-all. It is a stimulant, depressant, and hallucinogenic drug all in one. It leads to other drugs because they, too, give an incredible ‘high’ sensation. Been there, done that. I knew 3 people who went further and I’ve buried all 3 of them for it.

A California Republican is a Democrat in any conservative state.

Why not give this issue back to the States & see how it works out? Californian can be liberal as they want to be & Utah or Alabama can be as prohinitive as The People choose to be.

I would say that being somewhere in between these 2 extremes will eventually win out.

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. High doses of marijuana can produce an acute psychotic reaction,

True, Placerville isn’t even in Placer County.

Impressive the folks in Sacramento don’t even know their own cities and counties.

They should teach kids in PLACER how to spell.

A number of studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. High doses of marijuana can produce an acute psychotic reaction, Google it.

i dont think the pot vs alcohol is relevant here. we are talking about high school students, not adults.

So I’m moving to Kansas and growing my own; I think not.

Boy ain’t that the truth.

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Why does one way have to win out? How about 50 states all doing things a little differently, spanning a spectrum from kooky liberal to ultra conservative? Then, we will all have a place where we can go to be comfortable.

No more yankie my wankie. The Donger need food.

Milo, chronic alcohol use can be just as bad. It’s called alcoholism.

CBS 13 missed the boat on this article. The tests are paid for by the Placer County Deputy Sheriff’s’ Association; not the Sheriff’s Office. No public funds were used to pay for these kits. The deputies paid for them out of their own pocket because they believe it’s important.

The program is strictly a tool for the parents and there is NO follow-up by law enforcement regarding the results of the tests.

I will pay for 435 test for congress before they vote on their first pork bill! Of course all Kennedy’s would be exempt.

@milo
This isn’t true. In fact, marijuana has been linked to CURING or at least decreasing the symptoms of anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia along with a plethora of other inflictions.

Also, studies have show an association between chronic alcohol use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, and liver disease. High doses of alcohol will kill you.

There is nothing wrong with smoking marijuana.

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Placerville is not in Placer County

There is nothing wrong with smoking marijuana, except:
a) all smoke is bad for your lungs
b) your eyes get all red and droopy
c) you become anti social to anyone who promotes sobriety
d) your selfishness results in others nearby getting a contact high, you cannot confine the drug entirely to yourself, it is in the smoke, which wafts everywhere
e) the drug doesn’t leave your body fast enough in the morning, so driving ro work is a challenge, and if your work is driving, you are a risk to other drivers
f) you become delusionally outraged over the comparison between alvohol use and matijuana use. So tell me, whats the marijuana equivalent of a weak wine glass consumed over the course or a 1 hour dinner? 2 hits of fresh columbian?
g) marijuana users are far more interested in the high than alcohol users. Alcohol users are usually with others in a social setting, marijuana users often smoke alone and crave the mellow haze of being stoned

Why is pot bad?

The same arguemennt that pot is a gateway drug applies even more for alchohol. You say that some hardcore drug users used pot first. well im willing to bet almost all of them started with a drink of legal alchohol first.

Wait five years and then talk to the kids that smoke it for those 5 yrs and you will know. You can ask yourself then are they smarter or dumber? Has it gotten them farther in their life or are they still in the same place?

No two of us are wholly alike, either physically, mentally, or emotionally; or, consequently, in our physical, mental, or emotional requirements for the acquisition of happiness, and the avoidance of unhappiness. No one of us, therefore, can learn this indispensable lesson of happiness and unhappiness, of virtue and vice, for another. Each must learn it for himself. To learn it, he must be at liberty to try all experiments that commend themselves to his judgment. Some of his experiments succeed, and, because they succeed, are called virtues; others fail, and, because they fail, are called vices. He gathers wisdom as much from his failures as from his successes; from his so-called vices, as from his so-called virtues. Both are necessary to his acquisition of that knowledge — of his own nature, and of the world around him, and of their adaptations or non-adaptations to each other — which shall show him how happiness is acquired, and pain avoided. And, unless he can be permitted to try these experiments to his own satisfaction, he is restrained from the acquisition of knowledge, and, consequently, from pursuing the great purpose and duty of his life. Cultivate your future to the fullest Amy, and let everyone else worry about theirs.

Anyway…

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As usual, the newspaper got it wrong! Placerville is NOT in Placer County. Placerville is in El Dorado County.

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