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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you don't notice your child is stoned, why would a teacher or a coach?  It's not like being drunk, with the tell-tale signs of slurred words; stumbling gait; odor of booze.  Students and parents should take responsibility and not try to slough everything off on schools.  [/quote]

Most upper school students at STA spend more time at school, sport activities, & other school-related events than time at home.  I dunno blood shot eyes, giggling, slurred speech, stinking of pot, lacking the ability to comprehend, problems with memorization, baggie of weed visible from their khakis' pocket...if my kid's behavior seems off to me, a classroom teacher who also sees him daily would likely recognize that something is wrong and would guess he's probably stoned.

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Yes, except for every "symptom" you just described except for "smelling like weed" and having a baggie visible in your khakis" describes the general affect of a lot of ADD/ADHD kids. Some of whom are at STA or other schools. So, again, it would be difficult to tell--and they could smell like it because they are wearing patchouli oil, or because someone near them was doing it. It is a difficult for a school to say something unless the kid is caught red handed.[/quote]

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