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It's not like she went to school high

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How exactly do you know that?

As you alluded to, alcohol is legal, pot is not. If and when the laws change, then I will support the pot smoker. Until then, the law is the law.

You cannot pick and choose which laws you will obey or adhere to. Plenty of people rob stores simply because they need money to pay their bills. They do it non violently. Should they get a pass on breaking the law?

How would you feel if YOUR store was broken into, and out of the hundreds you make daily, the crook only took $100 to pay the electric bill? Would breaking the law be okay with you in that situation?

As of now, pot is illegal. If you choose to overlook a pot offense, shouldn't I be free to overlook a speeding ticket? After all, neither of them hurt anyone, right? (although pot does hurt people - the growers, the dealers.......lots of violence and crime connected to "innocent" pot usage)

But, what do I know? (although, if breaking the law is fine with some, then we should expect more and more laws to be broken)

Law Abider

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Greenfield, a teacher at Murray Middle School, was charged with conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, Meadows said.

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Not only did she go to buy it, she did it right near the school. If she isn't smart enough not to buy it there I surely don't want her teaching my kids.

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Here's the deal, as I see it.

There are crack fiends, heroin addicts, meth heads, and some people who do really nasty things in connection with their drug use. There are also responsible, otherwise law-abiding citizens who smoke a little weed on weekends, in their spare time, etc.

I see a distinction between group one and group two.

There is one similarity, however- both groups know that their activities are illegal, and accept the risk involved when they choose to do these illegal things.

To me, pot smoking isn't immoral, and probably shouldn't be illegal, None of the people I know who do it are raving drug-addled lunatics who shoot folks, rob stores or endanger fellow citizens... but until pot is totally legal, they run the risk of landing in a cell next to some people who are lunatics. Granted, the risk is pretty low, as long as they're not texting strangers about a hookup (what a maroon!)... but it exists, nonetheless.

I'm not naive enough to think that even a day goes by that doesn't have me interacting with someone on the bud... from teachers to lawyers to my dry cleaner. To me, it shouldn't be a deal at all, but I don't make (or repeal) the laws. Until such time, risk and reward must be weighed every time they buy illegal substances... pot smokers and crackheads alike.

This gal's life (as she knew it) has been ruined, but it really was because of her own stupidity. And you can try to blame the cops for entrapment or what have you, but they might never have busted her if she just didn't foolishly drop herself into their laps. Can't blame them for earning their paychecks like anybody else.

She may have actually been a good teacher- none of us know. She may have been a law-abiding citizen in every other way but this one. One thing's for sure- she was a law-breaker at the wrong time and place this time. I'm sure the rewards don't seem worth the risk to her now.