Ribble Valley pupil, 15, found with cannabis in school (From Lancashire Telegraph)

criminal record and a step back on the job ladder.well done.seems a bit harsh when if he was caught in the street it wouldnt have gone to court.

porky06 wrote:
criminal record and a step back on the job ladder.well done.seems a bit harsh when if he was caught in the street it wouldnt have gone to court.

It IS harsh. But it sends the right message out and might help preserve standards at the school.

Thought this was a 'Proper School' , so there are problems even in the 'posh'schools then.
No one can condone this kind of behavior. The future doesn't look rosy for this pupil , I hipe He realises His mistake.

Too Harsh!!!! I'm 55 years old and I remember one or two friends at my school having the odd piece of weed! I don't smoke it myself, but they didn't grow up any worse off for it. Its been around forever so why make it such a big deal (should have given him the cane and sent him on his way!)

A btter version of this story:

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy found in possession of cannabis at his Ribble Valley school claimed in court that most people his age he came into contact with in the Clitheroe area were users of the drug.

Blackburn magistrates heard the Bowland High School pupil told police he had smoked some cannabis before he attended school that day. He admitted using about £40-worth of the drug a week and said he didn’t think it was wrong and he would continue to smoke cannabis.

The boy, who lives in Clitheroe but cannot be named because of his age, admitted possessing cannabis. He was made subject to a referall order for three months.

Miss Julie Reddish (prosecuting) said police were called in by headteacher Stephen Cox after the boy was found with the drug on school premises.

Mr Ian Huggan (defending) said the boy was not unintelligent and put forward his own reasoned argument about smoking cannabis.

“He says a lot of his peers use cannabis, in fact it seems the majority of the people his age he bumps into in the Clitheroe area are users,” said Mr Huggan.

“He says he sometimes has issues with depression and cannabis helps with that.”

Mr Huggan said the boy was described by his parents as a “loving and caring” son.

In the wake of the case Mr Stephen Cox, headteacher at Bowland High School, issued the following statement: “We take the possession of illegal drugs at Bowland extremely seriously.

“The school has a robust policy on the possession of illegal drugs. The individual concerned and his parents understand the gravity of what has happened. While this is a very rare incident at Bowland, there is no doubt the use of illegal drugs by some teenagers throughout the Ribble Valley is more widespread than we would want to believe.

“Like all other schools in the Ribble Valley we endeavour to educate our pupils on the dangers and consequences of using legal and illegal drugs. We have an excellent relationship with the police and their involvement in this incident hopefully spells out to other young people how seriously we view such behaviour.”

Billypieman wrote:
Kean out. Venkys out. Anderson out.

They could be.

Note:The school does not condone mind expansion in any form and would rather pupils to concentrate on ticking pre-defined boxes or short paragraphs based on narrow fields of revision.

We won't make the work or exam too difficult or interdisciplinary otherwise the teachers will struggle marking it - and we can't allow thinking outside of the box.

Or off your box either.

The corduroys - easy targets again, yet so often fruitful. We may expect that at least one of them will jump in soon; they're easily identifed as those who can't spell.

heard this on the radio.....err last week!!!!!

Michael@ClitheroeSin
ce58 wrote:
A btter version of this story: A 15-YEAR-OLD boy found in possession of cannabis at his Ribble Valley school claimed in court that most people his age he came into contact with in the Clitheroe area were users of the drug. Blackburn magistrates heard the Bowland High School pupil told police he had smoked some cannabis before he attended school that day. He admitted using about £40-worth of the drug a week and said he didn’t think it was wrong and he would continue to smoke cannabis. The boy, who lives in Clitheroe but cannot be named because of his age, admitted possessing cannabis. He was made subject to a referall order for three months. Miss Julie Reddish (prosecuting) said police were called in by headteacher Stephen Cox after the boy was found with the drug on school premises. Mr Ian Huggan (defending) said the boy was not unintelligent and put forward his own reasoned argument about smoking cannabis. “He says a lot of his peers use cannabis, in fact it seems the majority of the people his age he bumps into in the Clitheroe area are users,” said Mr Huggan. “He says he sometimes has issues with depression and cannabis helps with that.” Mr Huggan said the boy was described by his parents as a “loving and caring” son. In the wake of the case Mr Stephen Cox, headteacher at Bowland High School, issued the following statement: “We take the possession of illegal drugs at Bowland extremely seriously. “The school has a robust policy on the possession of illegal drugs. The individual concerned and his parents understand the gravity of what has happened. While this is a very rare incident at Bowland, there is no doubt the use of illegal drugs by some teenagers throughout the Ribble Valley is more widespread than we would want to believe. “Like all other schools in the Ribble Valley we endeavour to educate our pupils on the dangers and consequences of using legal and illegal drugs. We have an excellent relationship with the police and their involvement in this incident hopefully spells out to other young people how seriously we view such behaviour.”

So most 15 yr olds in the area are weed smokers and thats ok then ?
Just because others are doing something , in this case illegal, everyone should try it ? Not really a good message to send to Our teenagers is it.
If a lot of them were stealing would We encourage that too ?

Aslam Hussain wrote:

Michael@ClitheroeSin

ce58 wrote:
A btter version of this story: A 15-YEAR-OLD boy found in possession of cannabis at his Ribble Valley school claimed in court that most people his age he came into contact with in the Clitheroe area were users of the drug. Blackburn magistrates heard the Bowland High School pupil told police he had smoked some cannabis before he attended school that day. He admitted using about £40-worth of the drug a week and said he didn’t think it was wrong and he would continue to smoke cannabis. The boy, who lives in Clitheroe but cannot be named because of his age, admitted possessing cannabis. He was made subject to a referall order for three months. Miss Julie Reddish (prosecuting) said police were called in by headteacher Stephen Cox after the boy was found with the drug on school premises. Mr Ian Huggan (defending) said the boy was not unintelligent and put forward his own reasoned argument about smoking cannabis. “He says a lot of his peers use cannabis, in fact it seems the majority of the people his age he bumps into in the Clitheroe area are users,” said Mr Huggan. “He says he sometimes has issues with depression and cannabis helps with that.” Mr Huggan said the boy was described by his parents as a “loving and caring” son. In the wake of the case Mr Stephen Cox, headteacher at Bowland High School, issued the following statement: “We take the possession of illegal drugs at Bowland extremely seriously. “The school has a robust policy on the possession of illegal drugs. The individual concerned and his parents understand the gravity of what has happened. While this is a very rare incident at Bowland, there is no doubt the use of illegal drugs by some teenagers throughout the Ribble Valley is more widespread than we would want to believe. “Like all other schools in the Ribble Valley we endeavour to educate our pupils on the dangers and consequences of using legal and illegal drugs. We have an excellent relationship with the police and their involvement in this incident hopefully spells out to other young people how seriously we view such behaviour.”

So most 15 yr olds in the area are weed smokers and thats ok then ?
Just because others are doing something , in this case illegal, everyone should try it ? Not really a good message to send to Our teenagers is it.
If a lot of them were stealing would We encourage that too ?

Cannabis should be legalised.End of

The education system gone to pot eh?

porky06 wrote:
criminal record and a step back on the job ladder.well done.seems a bit harsh when if he was caught in the street it wouldnt have gone to court.

Agreed, he must have had a previous warning or caution for possession, or is there a separate offence of possession in an educational establishment ?

Good call wrote:

Aslam Hussain wrote:

Michael@ClitheroeSin ce58 wrote: A btter version of this story: A 15-YEAR-OLD boy found in possession of cannabis at his Ribble Valley school claimed in court that most people his age he came into contact with in the Clitheroe area were users of the drug. Blackburn magistrates heard the Bowland High School pupil told police he had smoked some cannabis before he attended school that day. He admitted using about £40-worth of the drug a week and said he didn’t think it was wrong and he would continue to smoke cannabis. The boy, who lives in Clitheroe but cannot be named because of his age, admitted possessing cannabis. He was made subject to a referall order for three months. Miss Julie Reddish (prosecuting) said police were called in by headteacher Stephen Cox after the boy was found with the drug on school premises. Mr Ian Huggan (defending) said the boy was not unintelligent and put forward his own reasoned argument about smoking cannabis. “He says a lot of his peers use cannabis, in fact it seems the majority of the people his age he bumps into in the Clitheroe area are users,” said Mr Huggan. “He says he sometimes has issues with depression and cannabis helps with that.” Mr Huggan said the boy was described by his parents as a “loving and caring” son. In the wake of the case Mr Stephen Cox, headteacher at Bowland High School, issued the following statement: “We take the possession of illegal drugs at Bowland extremely seriously. “The school has a robust policy on the possession of illegal drugs. The individual concerned and his parents understand the gravity of what has happened. While this is a very rare incident at Bowland, there is no doubt the use of illegal drugs by some teenagers throughout the Ribble Valley is more widespread than we would want to believe. “Like all other schools in the Ribble Valley we endeavour to educate our pupils on the dangers and consequences of using legal and illegal drugs. We have an excellent relationship with the police and their involvement in this incident hopefully spells out to other young people how seriously we view such behaviour.”

So most 15 yr olds in the area are weed smokers and thats ok then ? Just because others are doing something , in this case illegal, everyone should try it ? Not really a good message to send to Our teenagers is it. If a lot of them were stealing would We encourage that too ?

Cannabis should be legalised.End of

Not for teenagers to take to school or for under 18s

Aslam Hussain wrote:

Good call wrote:

Aslam Hussain wrote:

Michael@ClitheroeSin ce58 wrote: A btter version of this story: A 15-YEAR-OLD boy found in possession of cannabis at his Ribble Valley school claimed in court that most people his age he came into contact with in the Clitheroe area were users of the drug. Blackburn magistrates heard the Bowland High School pupil told police he had smoked some cannabis before he attended school that day. He admitted using about £40-worth of the drug a week and said he didn’t think it was wrong and he would continue to smoke cannabis. The boy, who lives in Clitheroe but cannot be named because of his age, admitted possessing cannabis. He was made subject to a referall order for three months. Miss Julie Reddish (prosecuting) said police were called in by headteacher Stephen Cox after the boy was found with the drug on school premises. Mr Ian Huggan (defending) said the boy was not unintelligent and put forward his own reasoned argument about smoking cannabis. “He says a lot of his peers use cannabis, in fact it seems the majority of the people his age he bumps into in the Clitheroe area are users,” said Mr Huggan. “He says he sometimes has issues with depression and cannabis helps with that.” Mr Huggan said the boy was described by his parents as a “loving and caring” son. In the wake of the case Mr Stephen Cox, headteacher at Bowland High School, issued the following statement: “We take the possession of illegal drugs at Bowland extremely seriously. “The school has a robust policy on the possession of illegal drugs. The individual concerned and his parents understand the gravity of what has happened. While this is a very rare incident at Bowland, there is no doubt the use of illegal drugs by some teenagers throughout the Ribble Valley is more widespread than we would want to believe. “Like all other schools in the Ribble Valley we endeavour to educate our pupils on the dangers and consequences of using legal and illegal drugs. We have an excellent relationship with the police and their involvement in this incident hopefully spells out to other young people how seriously we view such behaviour.”

So most 15 yr olds in the area are weed smokers and thats ok then ? Just because others are doing something , in this case illegal, everyone should try it ? Not really a good message to send to Our teenagers is it. If a lot of them were stealing would We encourage that too ?

Cannabis should be legalised.End of

Not for teenagers to take to school or for under 18s

I agree the brain is still developing at such a young age, I would much prefer that Politicians used the advice of its Scientists but instead it sacked them for telling the truth, but fair play to this young man he argued his case, respects for that. Hopefully his future employers will make allowances for his now criminal record, Apple would be an ideal company for him to look at, Steve Jobs actively encouraged drug use :)