Cheney School District marijuana policy harmful

The Cheney School District Board of Directors is headed for the second reading and vote of a new policy (3423) at their Oct. 9 meeting at Windsor at 6 p.m. This policy will allow the consuming of so called “medical” marijuana on school grounds, events and buses by school children.

I was fooled by the word “medical” until I read that medical marijuana or regular marijuana is not approved by the FDA for the treatment of anything as other medical drugs have to be. The content of medical marijuana is just like regular marijuana, including the amount of THC, except it can be given to the children in our state.

The problem with giving marijuana to children is that it affects the developing brains of those under 21 according to the Spokane Regional Health District, Seattle Children’s Hospital, the Washington State Department of Health and the State of Washington RCWs just to name a few. Federal law on the other hand, as quoted in the School District’s policy, “…prohibits the possession and use of marijuana on the premises of recipients of federal funds including educational institutions.”

Adopting this new Cheney School District Policy will jeopardize federal funding and damage our children.

Bill Johns

Cheney