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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Tell Us: Is Weed Decriminalization Making Teens More Open?

Wellesley High School reports more marijuana found on students than in past years. Is this because of the state's looser laws?

  Wellesley Police reported recently there have been more reports of students with marijuana in the high school than in past years.  Needham High School has had a few incidents of bags found in the school, and last October, one NHS Student was found with 10 Bags of Marijuana. Although last year's bi-annual adolescent health survey found use at Needham High was down. One observation police have made is that there seems to be more openness about marijuana use among teens since it was decriminalized in Massachusetts. In November, Mass. also voted to approve the legalization of medical marijuana.  In fact, Needham was considered for a Locations of Medical Marijuana Consultation Centers earlier this month, although it sounds like CannaMed (the …

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9:50 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012

As a user of medical marijuana, I'm afraid I will be more persecuted when it's all in the open than I was behind closed doors.   more ›

Friday, December 14, 2012

More Weed Reported Than in Past Years at Wellesley High

Police report a higher number of incidents of students with marijuana at the high school than in past years.

  The number of Wellesley High School students getting caught with marijuana is unusually high.  Last week, Wellesley Schools held an assembly to talk about the recent rise in the use of pot among the student population. There have been six instances of students found with marijuana, according to a Swellesley Report story. This is more than in past years, and with Wellesley's by-laws prohibiting possession of less than an ounce of weed,olice issued town bylaw citations to the six students. lt has been decriminalized at a state level, however. “We have certainly seen a lot more young people openly driving around in cars – and when I say young people, it could be college-aged or people who are in their early to mid-20s, or things of that …

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