{"id":5322,"date":"2016-01-08T22:49:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=46139"},"modified":"2016-01-08T22:49:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T22:49:03","slug":"maine-school-board-oks-medical-marijuana-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/maine-school-board-oks-medical-marijuana-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine School Board OKs Medical Marijuana For Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/maine-school-board-oks-medical-marijuana-for-students\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>And \u2026 <em>about-face<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After 40+ years of promoting a world-class disaster via the <em>War on Drugs<\/em>, and brainwashing school-aged kids into believing that marijuana use leads to a life of impending doom, educators in Auburn, Maine, will now be allowed to provide access to\u00a0marijuana&#8217;s beneficial cannabinoids for\u00a0students who have obtained a doctor&#8217;s recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>Absolved and available<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxboston.com\/news\/maine-school-board-votes-to-allow-students-medical-marijuana-on-school-property\/13744488#Maine%20school%20board%20votes%20to%20allow%20students%20medical%20marijuana%20on%20school%20property\" target=\"_blank\">MyFoxBoston.com<\/a>\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Effective immediately in Auburn, Maine, students in pre-K through high school with a medical marijuana ID card can be administered the drug on school property by a parent or caregiver.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now that medical marijuana has scientifically muscled its way into a legal status in 23 states, a few school districts and a handful of politicians are only now coming to grips with America&#8217;s new reality \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/medical-marijuana-testing\" target=\"_blank\">marijuana\u2019s active compounds represent real medicine<\/a>. And are allowing students to seek medical relief from a herb\u00a0that&#8217;s languished under the misguided classification of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/06\/the-dea-asks-the-fda-to-reconsider-marijuanas-schedule-1-status\/\">Schedule 1 narcotic within the CSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Auburn school committees\u2019 conclusion came about 60 days after New Jersey\u2019s Larc School became <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/11\/new-jersey-school-becomes-first-in-u-s-to-allow-medical-marijuana-for-students\/#New%20Jersey%20School%20Becomes%20First%20In%20U.S.%20To%20Allow%20Medical%20Marijuana%20For%20Students\" target=\"_blank\">the first in the country to allow medical marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully embarrassed by their inadvertent cruelty, three of the 23 states with MMJ laws have implemented rules sanctioning medical marijuana&#8217;s use, according to MPP.<\/p>\n<p>As the swelling mob of angry parents demand medical marijuana for their sick and suffering kids \u2013 seeking relief for everything from epileptic seizures to blinding pain \u2013 some schools are more than a little fearful these changes will result in the crushing hammer of injustice coming down on their institution of higher learning for violating our governments archaic prohibition on all things cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about obtaining your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/doctors\/in\/united-states\/denver\" target=\"_blank\">Maine\u00a0medical marijuana card<\/a>, check out the below video&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='702' height='425' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tSEuR3iqdZQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/kfor.com\/2014\/07\/07\/want-to-study-pot-theres-a-school-for-that\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Money<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And \u2026 about-face After 40+ years of promoting a world-class disaster via the War on Drugs, and brainwashing school-aged kids into believing that marijuana use leads to a life of impending doom, educators in Auburn, Maine, will now be allowed to provide access to\u00a0marijuana&#8217;s beneficial cannabinoids for\u00a0students who have obtained a doctor&#8217;s recommendation. 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