Nine year olds had cannabis at school.
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Only in Burnley would such a thing happen.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph said:
FOUR nine-year-old boys have been suspended from school after being found with cannabis in the playground.
Police said they were called to Cherry Fold Community Primary School, in Cog Lane, Burnley, following reports the children had been discovered with the class B drug.
Officers spoke to the boys and their parents and issued each of the youngsters with a youth referral order.
The school’s head confirmed four pupils had been suspended while an investigation into the incident, which happened just after noon on Friday (1), is carried out.
Yesterday parents outside the school expressed their shock at the incident, describing it as ‘disgraceful’.
But the mother of one of the suspended boys said it was a reflection of how bad the area had become and vowed to move her family to another town in an attempt to distance her children from illegal activity.
The mum said her son had told her the drugs had been sold in the school playground in an operation headed by another boy.
The drug was sold for as little as 50p.
She said: “I’ve questioned my son and he’s told me that he felt like he was being pressured to collect money and hand out drugs.
“He’s told me there was an operation where one child would take the money and another would hand out the drugs.
“It’s shocking and unbelievable. People I’ve spoken to over the weekend cannot believe it. It’s scandalous.
“My feelings are mixed because my son says he felt like he was pushed into it, but at the same time I teach my children right and wrong.
“They know about the dangers of drugs and stealing and they know where the dealers live and to stay away from them.
“In my eyes I know he was doing wrong, so I can’t defend him. I’m disappointed in him.”
The mother of the suspended boy said she wanted people to know how bad things had got in the area with “kids drinking, messing with drugs and starting fires”.
Last week police confirmed an arson probe had been launched after a blaze in a row of boarded-up terraced houses in Accrington Road.
In August, children as young as eight-years-old were questioned by police after a block of under-construction homes, also in Accrington Road, were torched.
She said: “There’s a new era of really horrible children whose parents don’t have any control over them.
“People need to be made aware of how bad it is. The area is going downhill by the day. Passing kids drugs in school is the last straw.
The woman said she expected to find out whether her son’s exclusion would be made permanent later this week.
Outside the school gates parents said they were horrified to hear about the ‘shocking’ incident.
One mother said: "I think it is disgusting. It just shows the way this town is going. It's terrible.
"To think children so young are involved in it is frightening."
Another parent said: "It's absolutely shocking. I'm a working mum and when I drop my son off at school I want to have peace of mind that their learning, and not associating with that."
Deanne Marsh, acting headteacher at Cherry Fold Community Primary School, said: "I can confirm that four pupils are currently not at school while investigations are carried out into an incident at the school.
“It would not be appropriate for me to comment further as we take our pupils' confidentiality and safety very seriously and we are still looking into all the circumstances."
A police spokeswoman said: “We were called to the school following reports that four children had been found in possession of cannabis. Officers spoke to the children and their parents and issued youth referral orders
What is the world coming to ?Police said they were called to Cherry Fold Community Primary School, in Cog Lane, Burnley, following reports the children had been discovered with the class B drug.
Officers spoke to the boys and their parents and issued each of the youngsters with a youth referral order.
The school’s head confirmed four pupils had been suspended while an investigation into the incident, which happened just after noon on Friday (1), is carried out.
Yesterday parents outside the school expressed their shock at the incident, describing it as ‘disgraceful’.
But the mother of one of the suspended boys said it was a reflection of how bad the area had become and vowed to move her family to another town in an attempt to distance her children from illegal activity.
The mum said her son had told her the drugs had been sold in the school playground in an operation headed by another boy.
The drug was sold for as little as 50p.
She said: “I’ve questioned my son and he’s told me that he felt like he was being pressured to collect money and hand out drugs.
“He’s told me there was an operation where one child would take the money and another would hand out the drugs.
“It’s shocking and unbelievable. People I’ve spoken to over the weekend cannot believe it. It’s scandalous.
“My feelings are mixed because my son says he felt like he was pushed into it, but at the same time I teach my children right and wrong.
“They know about the dangers of drugs and stealing and they know where the dealers live and to stay away from them.
“In my eyes I know he was doing wrong, so I can’t defend him. I’m disappointed in him.”
The mother of the suspended boy said she wanted people to know how bad things had got in the area with “kids drinking, messing with drugs and starting fires”.
Last week police confirmed an arson probe had been launched after a blaze in a row of boarded-up terraced houses in Accrington Road.
In August, children as young as eight-years-old were questioned by police after a block of under-construction homes, also in Accrington Road, were torched.
She said: “There’s a new era of really horrible children whose parents don’t have any control over them.
“People need to be made aware of how bad it is. The area is going downhill by the day. Passing kids drugs in school is the last straw.
The woman said she expected to find out whether her son’s exclusion would be made permanent later this week.
Outside the school gates parents said they were horrified to hear about the ‘shocking’ incident.
One mother said: "I think it is disgusting. It just shows the way this town is going. It's terrible.
"To think children so young are involved in it is frightening."
Another parent said: "It's absolutely shocking. I'm a working mum and when I drop my son off at school I want to have peace of mind that their learning, and not associating with that."
Deanne Marsh, acting headteacher at Cherry Fold Community Primary School, said: "I can confirm that four pupils are currently not at school while investigations are carried out into an incident at the school.
“It would not be appropriate for me to comment further as we take our pupils' confidentiality and safety very seriously and we are still looking into all the circumstances."
A police spokeswoman said: “We were called to the school following reports that four children had been found in possession of cannabis. Officers spoke to the children and their parents and issued youth referral orders
Only in Burnley would such a thing happen.
Edited by Nickelson23 on Tuesday 5th October 13:52
Edited by Nickelson23 on Tuesday 5th October 13:52
I wouldn't be so quick to say drug use at such a young age is restricted to large cities or ghettos..
I knew several people who had cannabis at school at that age, must be getting around 15 years ago now.
They were white, middle class, lived in nice houses in a nice rural area, their parents were high earners and they went to the "sought after" schools (by putting a different village on their address). One went on to do a variety of A class drugs in his early teens, I know that another was getting done for DD shortly after passing his test, but somehow it ended up just being leaving the scene of an accident.
My sister and I, one time my parents sold the kitchen table to buy us school shoes. We went to the schools that they would turn their noses up at, but we didn't get involved in any of that s
t.
The sought after secondary school, from what I could make of it, had a very prevalent drugs problem, but I guess either the right people knew the right people, or they were in denial about it. Certainly the parents must have been - who honestly would believe their child if they said they were 'looking after' the bong under their bed for someone else? I kid you not.
Or perhaps they might if they said it belonged to the children down the road, y'know, the ones who go to that rough school.
And couldn't afford drugs even if they wanted them
Some of that might sound a bit bitter....
Now I've got my own daughter, and people say, are you going to try and get her into [this particular] school then?
No, I'm not, funnily enough.
I knew several people who had cannabis at school at that age, must be getting around 15 years ago now.
They were white, middle class, lived in nice houses in a nice rural area, their parents were high earners and they went to the "sought after" schools (by putting a different village on their address). One went on to do a variety of A class drugs in his early teens, I know that another was getting done for DD shortly after passing his test, but somehow it ended up just being leaving the scene of an accident.
My sister and I, one time my parents sold the kitchen table to buy us school shoes. We went to the schools that they would turn their noses up at, but we didn't get involved in any of that s
t.The sought after secondary school, from what I could make of it, had a very prevalent drugs problem, but I guess either the right people knew the right people, or they were in denial about it. Certainly the parents must have been - who honestly would believe their child if they said they were 'looking after' the bong under their bed for someone else? I kid you not.
Or perhaps they might if they said it belonged to the children down the road, y'know, the ones who go to that rough school.
And couldn't afford drugs even if they wanted them
Some of that might sound a bit bitter....
Now I've got my own daughter, and people say, are you going to try and get her into [this particular] school then?
No, I'm not, funnily enough.
Edited by chris1roll on Wednesday 6th October 00:09
I used to be at a very sought after private school on a partial scholarship when I was younger. For reasons I won't go into I didn't fit in and ended up leaving for a different one. While I was there I was approached by people from year 6 asking if I was a dealer, and there was a massive issue with people taking cocaine.
Some 9 year olds who managed to get lucky and score a little puff really doesn't bother me after that.
Some 9 year olds who managed to get lucky and score a little puff really doesn't bother me after that.
Mr_annie_vxr said:
Plotloss said:
Nice to see prohibition working it's magic upon society.
Laughable.
You'd make it legal for 9 year olds to take and smoke cannabis and other drugs? Laughable.
So to be clear. You want legalisation of drugs for ALL ages?
Do you not believe that the taboo nature of recreational drugs is itself an impetus for minors to try them?
There's demonstrable proof that it is you see, don't let that distract you from your Daily Mail though.
Plotloss said:
Mr_annie_vxr said:
Plotloss said:
Nice to see prohibition working it's magic upon society.
Laughable.
You'd make it legal for 9 year olds to take and smoke cannabis and other drugs? Laughable.
So to be clear. You want legalisation of drugs for ALL ages?
Do you not believe that the taboo nature of recreational drugs is itself an impetus for minors to try them?
There's demonstrable proof that it is you see, don't let that distract you from your Daily Mail though.
chippy17 said:
Plotloss said:
Mr_annie_vxr said:
Plotloss said:
Nice to see prohibition working it's magic upon society.
Laughable.
You'd make it legal for 9 year olds to take and smoke cannabis and other drugs? Laughable.
So to be clear. You want legalisation of drugs for ALL ages?
Do you not believe that the taboo nature of recreational drugs is itself an impetus for minors to try them?
There's demonstrable proof that it is you see, don't let that distract you from your Daily Mail though.
Plotloss said:
Demonstrable proof that the illegality of Class A drugs increases use in minors too.
I would have thought it's quite obvious that the illegal nature of any category of drug makes it attractive to minors. I know that most of the people I went to school with (and quite a number at university) that took drugs took them mainly to look rebellious or cool.Article said:
“They know about the dangers of drugs and stealing and they know where the dealers live and to stay away from them".
Well if they know where the dealers live...I suspect the mums & dads of these kids have only just woken up to the fact they have kids who they're ultimately responsible for and that just maybe it's not entirely down to a school to raise their children.
Plotloss said:
Nice to see prohibition working it's magic upon society.
Laughable.
Not sure that you can draw that conclusion - given that prohibition is precisely what we do NOT have. - Oh the laws might say that, but the actions of the courts and law enforcement agencies do nothing like enforce those laws. Laughable.
For the record, I could weep that some people think getting kids involved in drugs is in any way "cool, acceptable, the norm, ok, realistic, magic" or any other descriptor that doesn't express the absolute wrongness of it.
I'll get back to my Daily Mail now shall I? (I don't get a daily paper really, but cue the pro druggies labelling me as a DM reader etc etc etc )
Edited by andymadmak on Wednesday 6th October 11:29
Plotloss said:
Mr_annie_vxr said:
Plotloss said:
Nice to see prohibition working it's magic upon society.
Laughable.
You'd make it legal for 9 year olds to take and smoke cannabis and other drugs? Laughable.
So to be clear. You want legalisation of drugs for ALL ages?
Do you not believe that the taboo nature of recreational drugs is itself an impetus for minors to try them?
There's demonstrable proof that it is you see, don't let that distract you from your Daily Mail though.
Do you think that it should be legal for ALL ages?
For the record 9 year olds are not capable of breaking any laws.
At 9 years old whether it's against the law is not the point. They would be hardly likely to understand the implications.
They would only know it 'bad'.
9 year olds taking drugs would still be bad whether it was legal or not.
Smoking is not prohibited but it is 'bad' as a result kids do it.
Attempting to use this incident as evidence for making drug use and supply legal is the only laughable point.
So do you think 9 year olds taking drugs is a good or bad thing? Do you think drug use should be legal for all ages?
If either answer is no then you have just prohibited them using it. Thus on your own view created a reason for them to take them!!
The problem in my view is that those with an interest are not impartial.
I dont have an interest. I make no money from illegal drugs. I don't take any. It also makes no odds to me if it's decriminalised. It means less crimes to worry about professionally
My personal view from experience is that legalisation would not make it better just legal and more widely used as well as leading to other ramifications that I'll end up paying for.
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