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Anonymous wrote:Why was the girl released to her mom but the boy charged as an adult? I think both should be charged.

I agree that they should both be charged.

You don’t know what each person’s role was.

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Anonymous wrote:Why was the girl released to her mom but the boy charged as an adult? I think both should be charged.

I agree that they should both be charged.

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

MCPD is not just randomly allowed to enter school buildings to do drug checks. Can you imagine how that would go over with voters in Montgomery County and with our political leaders who want to defund the police?

To say nothing of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The Supreme Court allows drug searches in public schools.

The Supreme Court allows police officers to just randomly enter school buildings to do drug checks? The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to students in schools, at all? Students shed their entire constitutional right to freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government at the schoolhouse gate? How about that.

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

MCPD is not just randomly allowed to enter school buildings to do drug checks. Can you imagine how that would go over with voters in Montgomery County and with our political leaders who want to defund the police?

To say nothing of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The Supreme Court allows drug searches in public schools.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

MCPD can’t enforce within the schools the way I’m assuming you want them to. The school needs to call for MCPD, and there is a lot of pressure to keep calls down. Remember: the county exec and council removed SROs, only recently reinstating the new CEOs after school safety became a bigger problem.

As for outside enforcement, look again to the council. They currently have a bill in front of them (the STEP act) which will ban police from stopping people for low-level offenses, the same type of offense that recently took a tremendous amount of fentanyl off the streets.

If you want the police to be able to act, tell the Council. As it stands, there are council members (and an entire task force) looking to reduce the number of police by 50% in parts of the county.

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

MCPD is not just randomly allowed to enter school buildings to do drug checks. Can you imagine how that would go over with voters in Montgomery County and with our political leaders who want to defund the police?

To say nothing of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

MCPD is not just randomly allowed to enter school buildings to do drug checks. Can you imagine how that would go over with voters in Montgomery County and with our political leaders who want to defund the police?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

MCPD can’t enforce within the schools the way I’m assuming you want them to. The school needs to call for MCPD, and there is a lot of pressure to keep calls down. Remember: the county exec and council removed SROs, only recently reinstating the new CEOs after school safety became a bigger problem.

As for outside enforcement, look again to the council. They currently have a bill in front of them (the STEP act) which will ban police from stopping people for low-level offenses, the same type of offense that recently took a tremendous amount of fentanyl off the streets.

There was a discussion on our local listserve about the STEP act and most people in Montgomery County overwhelmingly seem to support it. Unfortunately, IMO. I don't think people realize what the down sides are.

If you want the police to be able to act, tell the Council. As it stands, there are council members (and an entire task force) looking to reduce the number of police by 50% in parts of the county.

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

This attitude is why I'm so upset about marijuana being legalized in MD. Marijuana proponents will insist, "It's still illegal for minors!" but because it's legalized, law enforcement no longer think it's worth the trouble to go after kids for something that's legal for adults to do.

Nevermind all of the research that shows how harmful marijuana use is to adolescents. No one in state and local government cares anymore. Everyone just turns a blind eye to weed. It's depressing.

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Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Why doesn't MCPD crack down on this? I mean it's not like everyone isn't aware it's going on so I have to assume they don't care?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I literally see kids doing drug exchanges right outside of Damascus High School and their idiot principal says there is nothing he can do. The police have told me they don't care if it's weed. I don't know if it's weed! I don't care! Do something!!! I see money and something being exchanged. Def huge bags of weed I have seen. But other drugs are very small and we can't see that unless we are up close. I don't understand this. I'm really nervous for my kid to start high school to be honest. Please keep an eye on your kids - talk to them. Because those in charge won't help you.

Same at our middle school! The kids are dealing drugs at school and outside of school. My kid has witnessed it in the bathroom. It’s crazy that our schools have become a ‘safe’ place for the kids to distribute drugs to other students.

Don’t blame the principal. He’s right. There really is nothing he can do! It’s a complicated and dysfunctional system all around.

Anonymous wrote:Why was the girl released to her mom but the boy charged as an adult? I think both should be charged.