War on Drugs snares 12-year-old with powdered sugar

joab:

if you drive drunk, particularly at 100 mph, it's very likely you'll create a victim.

if you get mad and shoot at somebody it's very likely you'll create a victim.

if you smoke pot, you will not create a victim, likely not even yourself.

if you do other drugs you will not create a victim, other than your very own self.

see the distinction?
 
"Twelve year olds do stupid stuff. "

And I remember getting punished for most of it, too. I learned that actions have consequences and not to be so obvious when I was violating the rules.

John
 
And I remember getting punished for most of it, too.
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By the school or your parents, I'm certain. No need for them when The State is on the scene. Thank heavens they foiled this dastardly criminal plot. That'll learn this kid good. "We don't play!"
Rich
 
invention_45
Please go back and actually read the comment that you are referring to and the one that spawn it.

After you do that I will address any question about what I actually said that you may have.
 
johnbt said:
I learned that actions have consequences and not to be so obvious when I was violating the rules.
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That's part of the point, John. It's no longer just a "rule." He broke the LAW and must be punished accordingly. Yup. Let's saddle his young butt with a felony conviction that will haunt him the rest of his life. That'll Teach Him! All for doing something stupid that all 12 year olds do.
 
What's interesting in this entire discussion is how so many people get this entirely wrong.

The synopsis in the thread header says:
Boy Charged With Felony For Powdered Sugar
Police Say Sugar Brought To School Look-Alike Drug
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The article at the link says:
He was charged with a misdemeanor.
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The attitude of the posters here is that he brought the substance to the school for the purposes of distribution.

The article linked in the thread header says:
... told a classmate that he was bringin crack cocaine to school and later asked invited him into the school bathroom to try it.
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So this comes down to the kid pulling a prank on the other kid to get a rise out of him.

For those who seem to feel the kid should have known better ... how many kids, who are twelve-years-old, know the laws pertaining to the representation of a substance as something it is not? Even the statement in the linked article is ludicrous. Did anyone else get that part about "... charged with possessing a look-alike drug."? Powdered sugar is now a drug which resembles another drug?

The true law is "attempting to sell a substance in lieu of a restricted substance" in most states. There is nothing wrong with saying something is a drug that is not; unless you attempt to sell it or distribute it. Could the offer to try the powdered sugar be taken as an attempt to distribute? Yes, it could, but that is a stretch when it comes to a twelve-year-old.

This is all part of the zero-brains aspect of "zero-tolerance". Everything is a crime and there is no common sense allowed any more. Things that would have been treated at the school level and dismissed with a few hours of detentioon now involve the police and the court system. Lives are ruined for nothing.

Read my article at http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=207468&postcount=38 entitled: "The Death of Goodness in America" if you want to see what is really happening to our kids through the excesses of "zero-tolerance".
 
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