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   Message 91,338 of 92,003   
   Ray Afshar to All   
   Re: NYC students going to school high 'e   
   29 Sep 23 23:43:50   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.democrats, alt.politics.marijuana   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: rayafshar@gmail.com   
      
   On 20 Sep 2023, Fred Bernsen  posted some   
   news:ueg51f$36c7s$4@dont-email.me:   
      
   > Give them all the drugs they want.  Those who don't die will grow up   
   > to be liberals and we can use them for beat down practice or target   
   > shooting.  Seriously, just plain kill these weak irresponsible scum   
   > and be done with it.   
      
   New York kids are getting a higher education these days.   
      
   Students in the Big Apple are regularly waking and baking before class —   
   with The Post catching teens toking up outside schools in the morning   
   and teachers reporting rampant use of the drug in the buildings.   
      
   “They come in sluggish or sleepy. Their eyes are red. Sometimes you can   
   smell it, too,” said one exasperated teacher at August Martin High   
   School in Queens.   
      
   “It’s not good for learning. They can’t learn if they are high?”   
      
   The problem has gotten so bad that Mayor Eric Adams highlighted it in   
   the “State of Our Schools” address last Wednesday — saying that pot use   
   is worse with the rampant spread of illegal cannabis stores in every   
   city neighborhood.   
      
   “A few blocks from here on their way to school we are selling cannabis   
   in the stores where they come in high every day,” Adams said in the   
   speech.   
      
   Incidents involving illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia, alcohol and   
   unauthorized use of possession of controlled substances or prescription   
   medications are more common, too — they increased 17% in the 2022-2023   
   school year compared to the year before, according to city officials.   
      
   The Post observed teens gathering to take tokes of marijuana before   
   school last week and many students said it is common to see kids coming   
   in high and smoking vape pens in the buildings.   
      
   “They vape all the time. Everybody knows that. They go in the bathroom   
   in groups,” said one 11th-grader at the August Martin school, which is   
   in South Jamaica, Queens.   
      
   Plastic vapes make it easy for students to sneak the devices in and past   
   metal detectors, many said.   
      
   “I’ve never seen them smoking but I’ve seen them coming to school high,”   
   said one junior of her stoned peers. “It’s like almost all the time. But   
   you mostly see it on Fridays. It’s the end of the week, people are   
   stressed out.”   
      
   A teacher headed into the building said that it’s high schoolers of all   
   grades, even freshman, coming to school high.   
      
   “It’s against our school policy so they get in trouble,” she said.   
      
   And it’s not just a wake and bake for some students, but mid-day smoke   
   sessions as well, said one 11th-grade teacher at the school.   
      
   Kids come to class sluggish, sleepy and stinking, he said.   
      
   On Friday, students near Excelsior Prep High School in Springfield   
   Gardens, Queens, were blazing up before class.   
      
   “I’ve been smoking [marijuana] for three years now,” said one senior who   
   had a rolled joint in his hand. “I usually smoke one before school.”   
      
   “I’m a smart kid,” he added. “It doesn’t stop me from learning.”   
      
   A group of boys gathered to puff and pass on a street away from the   
   school that morning. They finished up, chugged some water and headed   
   toward the school. They claimed they would never bring it inside the   
   building.   
      
   Other students had more responsible takes on smoking pot.   
      
   “I see it but I don’t drink or smoke,” said one senior. “I want to go to   
   trade school to learn plumbing or to be an electrician … So I’m not   
   going to get into that.”   
      
   Others have tried pot and passed on the drug.   
      
   “I tried it before but I don’t [smoke] anymore,” said one junior. “I   
   don’t trust it because I don’t know what people be putting into it.”   
      
   Officials have warned of marijuana being laced with the deadly drug   
   fentanyl, which students fear, and some expressed concerns over other   
   drugs being laced with the flesh-eating “zombie drug” sedative known as   
   tranq.   
      
   One junior said he buys his ganja off the streets because he doesn’t   
   trust the new shops. Five to $10 gets him as much as he needs to burn   
   Monday and Friday.   
      
      
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