Roswell school district considers new policy for medical marijuana - KRQE News 13

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ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – Roswell Independent School District is moving to present a caller argumentation to marque it to find harmless ways to let aesculapian marijuana connected campus. The projected argumentation was introduced astatine the Roswell Independent School Board connected Tuesday, laying retired however the territory volition grip erstwhile students are prescribed aesculapian marijuana.

“I deliberation erstwhile I privation to highlight, whenever radical perceive of aesculapian cannabis policy, radical get a small spot nervous, this is to explicate that this is simply a truly beardown model truthful we tin grip these things safely,” Katherine McClain, RISD Nurse Supervisor, said to the schoolhouse committee Tuesday.

The caller argumentation would autumn successful enactment with the state’s regularisation that allows students to usage aesculapian marijuana connected campus. But the authorities does not laic retired however it should beryllium administered. That has been near up to each schoolhouse district.

“This is truly Roswell schools being proactive and having policies successful place, successful lawsuit thing comes up, which it whitethorn we person nary mode of knowing, but astatine slightest we volition person argumentation for that,” said 1 subordinate of the board.

The Roswell schoolhouse district’s argumentation would authorities that the cannabis would person to beryllium prescribed by the student’s doctor. The student’s genitor oregon guardian would person to springiness support to the school, and the schoolhouse would person to motion disconnected connected it. The schoolhouse would past modulate erstwhile it would beryllium allowed to beryllium utilized during school, arsenic stated successful their attraction plan.

“It depends connected however it is ordered. It volition beryllium connected the attraction plan, but generally, I would envision it to beryllium arsenic a axenic as-needed basis,” said McClain.

The pupil wouldn’t beryllium capable to walk on the aesculapian cookware to different pupil due to the fact that a schoolhouse authoritative would beryllium successful complaint of it. The argumentation has the backing of galore officials, including the superintendent.

“As a erstwhile gathering principal, I would person loved to person this successful policy. It provides clear-cut boundaries it provides definition. It’s immediate, it’s quick, it’s fair, it’s equitable,” said RISD superintendent Brian Luck.

As for different schoolhouse districts successful the state, Rio Rancho has a akin argumentation acceptable up for students who person a aesculapian marijuana card. Albuquerque Public Schools does not person a policy. 

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