School ruins prom over pot smell

Keek! Ruin!

Three things in life are certain: death, taxes, and the drug warriors becoming more out of control by the day.

This is illustrated by what happened recently at a prom held by a high school in Brighton, Colorado. An 18-year-old student tried attending the prom with her 20-year-old boyfriend. But then a guard or a police officer refused to let them enter, claiming that the young man smelled of marijuana.

On its own, this would border on the absurd. But it turns out that the authorities were much more out of line than it would appear from that. The young man was legally allowed to use marijuana because of pain from a car accident. So if he had been using the herb, it was because it was perfectly legal for him to use it.

Somebody is passing the buck: Police say a school employee stopped the pair. The school says the police did.

Either way, the student now wants the school to pay for her dress, her dinner, and her prom tickets after barring her from the prom.

Predictably, the wingnut intelligentsia is invading the comment section of the Colorado paper to defend the school. Oh well. Wingnuts are background noise now, so screw 'em.

Anyone who defends the school for turning away the student and her boyfriend should try living with chronic pain. Then maybe they'd appreciate why their illogical ravings are out of line.

(Source: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_12316600)