SAN DIMAS, Calif. (AP) - Several parents of Lone Hill Middle School students have found themselves wondering recently why their kids know so much about how much illegal drugs cost.

As part of a classroom project, students were assigned imaginary careers and salaries, and told to figure out how much various drug habits would cost them.

``Samantha came home Wednesday and told us she's addicted to marijuana and has a $300 drug habit,'' said one parent, Diana Mitchell. ``My husband and I were both stunned.''

The teacher of the seventh-grade math class was trying to convey an anti-drug message, said Assistant Superintendent Mitch Hovey, by teaching students about the negative costs of drug use.

``I believe in her heart the explanation was, 'Hey, kids, you can get off on the wrong path,''' Hovey told the Los Angeles Times. He did not allow the teacher, Rebecca Sparks, to comment.

Some parents of children at the school, however, said they did not approve of the idea, regardless of any good intentions.

``I certainly don't want my sixth-grader doing that. The temptations kids already have are bad enough,'' said Laura Megginson, as she waited outside the school to pick up her child.

gosh...

They want their children to live in a imaginary world I suspect. One where nothing bad ever happens.

It is also suprising that a school would hire person who probably was addicted to drugs

who isn't?

Maybe the schools are in need of teachers and they just seem to hire anybody.

Samantha came home Wednesday and told us she's addicted to marijuana and has a $300 drug habit
:eek:
Fuck me! Thats a lot of weed:cool:
About 6 oz worth round here.
Is that $300 a week, a month or what?
Whats that teacher on?
This is a totally ridiculous scenario. Hows a kid supposed to smoke that much weed?

Just more proof that the American education system is out of touch with reality;)
Dee Cee

Originally posted by spuriousmonkey
who isn't?

that depends, do cigarettes, coffee, and binge drinking count as addictions? :P

Teacher shows students how to calculate cost of drugs.


i wait for the day when teacher show students how to calculate with the help of drugs :D
you know what i mean ? 1gramm + 2 gramm = .........
i bet it would bring better results in certain areas ;)

Drugs education should be on all schools curriculums, just like sex education. We utilise the latter mainly to prevent unwanted pregnancies and avoid STD's (for the good it does), so why not utilise the former, to try and cut down drug addiction and to avoid drug related 'accidents'?

I don't know how appropriate it was to use the drugs scenario in a maths lesson (maybe the teacher devised it to attract the interest of his pupils, or maybe he's on some personal moral crusade), but lessons of that nature shouldn't be a bad thing, as long as they were a part of a well defined education strategy designed to comprehensively inform the growing child of the nature of, the effects of and the after effects of drugs and all the squalidly negative issues associated with them.

Buds in my neck of the Med go for US$600--$800 per oz(according to media reports).

Bob Marley used to smoke 3--4oz per week for a fiver! And look where it got him?

Bob Marley used to smoke 3--4oz per week for a fiver! And look where it got him?
Yup He became a mega rich musical genius with list of sexual conquests as long as his (apparently) huge dick. To cap it all he died young, left a beautiful corpse and became a legend.:cool:

Weed. Go figure.:m:
Dee Cee

Originally posted by tablariddim
Drugs education should be on all schools curriculums, just like sex education. We utilise the latter mainly to prevent unwanted pregnancies and avoid STD's (for the good it does), so why not utilise the former, to try and cut down drug addiction and to avoid drug related 'accidents'?

I don't know how appropriate it was to use the drugs scenario in a maths lesson (maybe the teacher devised it to attract the interest of his pupils, or maybe he's on some personal moral crusade), but lessons of that nature shouldn't be a bad thing, as long as they were a part of a well defined education strategy designed to comprehensively inform the growing child of the nature of, the effects of and the after effects of drugs and all the squalidly negative issues associated with them.

i had drugs and sex education at school, and not a sex crazed drug addict. In fact I am still childless at this moment and sober.

Well done, young Monkey! You get 2 gold stars and a bag of mnm's.

1) Jesus fuck, where on earth can you get SIX OUNCES! for only $300?????
2) What does it take to get a Visa there?
3) Jesus fuck, where on earth do you require $600 for an ounce???
4) Why does anyone bother buying pot there?

In Cyprus, the price is $600---$800 oz. The drugs scene here is very secretive and underground and mainly confined to criminal culture. Home growers face 3--5 years jail--hence the high price.

1) Jesus fuck, where on earth can you get SIX OUNCES! for only $300?????
Manchester UK:D
Why so cheap?
Well it seems that the market is saturated.
British teenagers use so much cannabis that market is saturated, says EU report (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1068648,00.html)

As for the $300, well I pay £40 per oz you can work it out more accurately if ya wish. It's not by any stretch the best gear I've ever smoked but at that price I can just smoke twice as much:)
Just out of interest the going rate was £150 an oz way back around 1985. I'm no fan of capitalism but I must admit the market rarely lies. Looks like good times abound for UK potheads!

One more bit of good news..
Link between cannabis and mortality is still not established (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/327/7416/635?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&fulltext=cannabis+and+mortality&searchid=1067191363634_6830&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=1,2,3,4,10)

I would, of course, never advocate the use of illegal drugs ect ect;)
Dee Cee

Originally posted by DeeCee


I would, of course, never advocate the use of illegal drugs ect ect;)
Dee Cee

in the case of cannabis it is ok, since it is legal




















(in some countries).

The ironic thing is that in my father's time (1950's), marijuana cultivation was of such inconsequence that people would use it to create hedgerows, or as fragrant rooks in open air restaurants!

Smokers in those days consisted mainly of Turkish Cypriot labourers and some macho type, gambling, fucking swearing Greeks and smoking was never considered a problem, even though it was officially illegal... even more ironically, is that in those days Cyprus was still run by the British Colonialists and they never batted an eyelid.

My mother in law ran a busy cafe in the middle of a huge field for the local dock labourers and she cultivated monster outdoor plants for shade, fragrance and beauty, some of which, she later sold to people that would sample the leaves of the different trees and then order the whole tree of their fancy when it matured:m: ;)

Even as late as the early 80's, I discovered a clipped forest of green growing in decorative pots outside a busy seaside restaurant less than 50 metres from the local cop shop. It was my mother in law that noticed them first; she nudged me and pointed to them and we just grabbed handfuls of leaf and stuffed our pockets:D. I tried it but I got nothing off it cos it was immature.

Nowadays sadly, the law is all too heavy for weed.

San Dimas, CA??

The city that spawned Bill & Ted??

why God?! Why?!

I remember when Panama Red was a favorite and it was only being sold for 150.00 US per pound. My, my , how times have changed. You could also get Acapulco Gold for about the same amount without seeds! I never tried the stuff but knew many that did.


http://www.marijuanaprints.com/

That would be funny or sad (in your point of view) that all these kids become drug addicts. :D or:( you choose

Fuck me! Thats a lot of weed
About 6 oz worth round here.
Is that $300 a week, a month or what?
Whats that teacher on?
This is a totally ridiculous scenario. Hows a kid supposed to smoke that much weed?


Maybe she should explain to her teacher that if she's putting out that much on a regular basis, she's probably bringing in alot more. LOL

The school system is fucked these days

Originally posted by certified psycho
It is also suprising that a school would hire person who probably was addicted to drugs

Why would you say that?

Were you being sincere?

Do you honestly think that if someone knows the cost of drugs (especially a school teacher that has probably researched the subject for this project) that person is not only on drugs but "[robably was addicted" to them?

Seriously, is that what you believe?

Originally posted by certified psycho
The school system is fucked these days

Why?
Because it is teaching children what is going on in the world around them?
Because it is arming them with knowledge that is actually useful to them?
Because it is teaching them about the realities of how much a drug habit can actually cost you?

Why is it fucked??

Originally posted by certified psycho
That would be funny or sad (in your point of view) that all these kids become drug addicts. :D or:( you choose

Yeah.
I guess you are right.
Knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Keep them in the dark.

Like those millions of young women in Africa that knew nothing about AIDS until they found out they were dying of it.

Shelter them from the truth, and let them find out on their own.
They WILL find out.

However, you will have NO control over who they find out from, or what they are told about it.

You convinced me.
Ignorance is the best policy.
:rolleyes:

One raven answers to your Question
1.Because the schools where i live (NY) are in need of teachers
2.N/A
3.Rephrase the question.
4.Yes
now your second post
5.the school system is in debt, low test grades and no one can read
6.Some times teachers can teach stuff way off the grade. Sometimes the teachers are mean, the rape the kids (or so iam told), they abuse the kids, and they also can't keep a class room in order.
N/A for the last 2
9. The classroom are over filled.
Hope that answers your thoughts or Q's

Originally posted by certified psycho
Hope that answers your thoughts or Q's

Not at all...

How does any of what you just said apply to this?

After talking about this teacher and complaining about what she did being so wrong and saying, "It is also suprising that a school would hire person who probably was addicted to drugs", you went on to say that the school system is fucked.

Are you saying that the school system being fucked has nothing to do with this discussion at all, and you were just making a completely disassociated observation?

Do you disagree with what this woman did or not?
If so, why?
What was wrong with it?
What was negative about it?

And what would make you make the assumption: "person who probably was addicted to drugs"?

i half-way agree with the whole "keep them in the dark" thing, if they don't know how much drugs cost, or even what drugs are out there, how could you possibly buy it?
however, you could be very ignorant and say, go to a party and take more than you can handle, because you had no clue what the drug was, or how much you should take.
if you could tax weed, then would it be legal? i know it's pretty impossible with the millions of different plants, but just say it was possible....any thoughts?

You know what one raven i don't give a 2 shits about it right now.

i half-way agree with the whole "keep them in the dark" thing, if they don't know how much drugs cost, or even what drugs are out there, how could you possibly buy it?
Err... perhaps when your mates offer it to you at a party/nightclub.

"These pills are fuckin' bang on! Two quid apiece!"

Personally I'd prefer my kid to know what it was she was getting into. Mind you this should not be the responsibility of the state alone, Parents have a part to play too.
Dee Cee

this seems to come up about every 5 years or so. Some teacher wants to relate to the environment the "kids today" live in, and works drugs into some math lesson. The kids all get involved because they were never allowed to talk about this stuff in public before. The parent find out, they fire the teacher, and the kids all go back to not paying attention in class.


And somehow, by realizing that smoking a joint a day costs you $100 a week (random numbers there) you're supposed to be temped to try it?? How does that work out?


There was a teacher in Wash DC who had this question on a test in the mid 90's:
"So-and-so has a pound of coke. if coke sells for $300 per ounce on the street, how many times will so-and-so have to cut the coke with sugar to raise $50,000?"

"So-and-so has a pound of coke. if coke sells for $300 per ounce on the street, how many times will so-and-so have to cut the coke with sugar to raise $50,000?"
Oh by about 10 1/2 times..
Prompting the question

"How fast will he have to run when all his customers come looking for him?":D

I'm sure there's a lesson there somewhere.;)
Dee Cee

That's some damn cheap dealer!

That's some damn cheap dealer!
Not when your paying for something thats 90% sugar ;)
Mind you a pure $300 dollar ounce sounds interesting....
Dee Cee

No no, that's what I meant. The dealer is a cheap ass - selling 90% sugar.

And yeah, a $300 ounce doesn't exist.