Is what I have been doing a crime?

For some background information, I am living in Saskatchewan and going to school here. I am a High School student at 16 years of age. I have never used or seen marijuana in person and if tested, I would be completely clean of any substance.

Today, my mother got a phone call from the principal at my school. She told my mom that I had been talking about marijuana often at school and often I would refer to the positive aspects of smoking (not the high, but medical) and that it is a better choice than alcohol.

She never spoke to me on this topic and preferred to go directly to my mother, who was already familiar with it.

She then went on that if I did not stop 'almost promoting' marijuana use as a safer alternative to alcohol and tobacco that she would be contacting the police. She told my mom that there were 'several complaints from students and parents' about this, though I have never heard one personally.

Now, if she did call the police, would there be anything that they could charge me with?

What do you think I should do?

I don't think they can charge you with a fucking thing. You'll have to excuse me for being more than a little skeptical of your claim to have never tried pot when you're posting on the cannabis culture forums about promoting pot and growing shrooms.

You should continue promoting it as a safe alternative to all the legal and illegal drugs out there, with the caveat that you explain the "responsible use" of cannabis. Don't ever bring it to school or hold it for someone. If you're going to be an activist, don't walk around with pot on you outside of your home. I must caution you that it is very unwise to be an activist and grow anything illegally.

I think you should become the editor or a writer for the school newspaper and start writing all about the wonderful world of cannabis, and when the administration sacks you for your editorial views, they will be exposed for the hypocrites they are.

Unfortunately there is no school newspaper...

I have done reports on the medical uses of marijuana and also when asked for a report on propaganda, it also made an appearance. Unfortunately, little of these are shown alongside my classmates work. I have never had a complaint about them, though.

As for possession, there are no worries. I have politely encouraged the school administration to have me take a drug test to backup my claims, but I have not had a follow up yet.

I will be truthful when I say that I would be more than happy to give it a try, but I have yet to see it.

In case of a search of my locker, it is always left unlocked and with a booklet of papers regarding marijuana and the medical uses printed directly from the Health Canada website.

Leaving your locker unlocked is a really good way to get your shit stolen.

Ah, to be young and idealistic again before the soulless machinery of capitalism crushes your soul and spits you out.

It's not a problem. I don't keep anything important in there and with a handful of exceptions, there are no locks on the lockers in the school.

Usually, students leave iPods laying around without having a second thought. There has never been an incident. I feel confident that I won't have my books stolen because of this.

It's a pretty small town that within a couple days of my decision to travel to Shanghai, with the couple people I had to tell, the entire town found out. A good example of why, whenever possible, the fewest possible people should be informed of any questionable activity.

I think your starting out to be an amazing cannabis activist and canadian citizen. I mean, to leave health canada marijuana info in your locker in case they search it is genious.

Although I would refuse a search and drug test on principle, even though it seems like a good tactic thats you called their bluff on it.

I say, challenge them at every step. You seem very creative, so continue to use it for possitive, and honourable goals and you will continue to see progress.

Your school doesn't have a newspaper you say, start one. First issue, raise $20-$40 for printing, try to get sponsors from local shops, and if you don't get many advertizers by deadline, put all the local shops you support in for free to encourage future ads.

Tell your story...

goodster

Local places would not be as easy to find support from... there are in fact very few to begin with. I live in quite a small town, about a population of five thousand. I do have family and friends in a town and on a reserve nearby that would total with about five thousand that would be a good start, though.

For now, I will look into the options and the costs of doing this, draw up a prototype in MS Publisher and see what my options would be. I can't go any further than that right now though. In under a month, I'm traveling alone to Shanghai for an undetermined time period. Activism there is simply not possible. There is more information on this in my other thread in the Pothead Parenting section.

If in fact something does end up making it off the ground, even in a trial stage, I'll keep this board updated on it.

It would be a good idea to know if your mom ( and dad) agree with your opions about pot. It would also be good to know if they agree with your school principal.

Will they stand up for you if you decide to stand up for yourself.

these things would be good to know, but I think that you should stand yuo for yourself.

make sure to always speak facts.
Make sure to always be polite, even if the other side is rude.

I think that you should tell the principal that she should have spokken to you first, before going to your mom.

You can tell your principal that it is a fundamental part of justice that a person has the right to know the identity of thier accuser, so you have the right to know who was complaining about you.

You can also present to your principal the verifiable, and credible sources of the things you said. If what you say is actually true, why does she think yo cannot speak it, being the principal is not enough, she has to have a reason why you are not allowed to speak verifiably true facts.

Tell her that if she continues to harras you for speaking verifiably true facts you will compllain to her boss and the media annd that your parents back you up( if they actually back you up).

Just make sure that you speak verifiably true facts. You have to look up the things she has already accussed you of saying, not look up new things you haven't said yet. Find them in more than one source that is credible.

print up copies for yourself and her.
always Stay polite
always stay calm.

You are making a big mistake.
you can say whatever you want about anything, including pot, just because you are talking about med-pot that doesn't mean there is any connection with you beinng tested.

Don't make the connection and don't let anyone make the connection either.

You have the right to free speach(med-pot) without fear of your privacy being breached( testing)

You may think that not being a user makes your claims about med-pot more credible, and in a small way you are right.

But in this situation you should not have to let your right to privacy be infringed upon so that you can fully excercise tour right to free speech.

I noticed that you may be going to china.

There you may not be able say these types of things.

Free speach and privacy rights are less developed, so you may finnd your ass in a bad jail if you are not carefull, scope out the scenne before you speak uo!