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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:39 PM Apr 2015

Medical marijuana activist in Kansas arrested, son taken away after he spoke up to D.A.R.E. officer

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/14/1377680/-Medical-marijuana-activist-in-Kansas-arrested-son-taken-away-after-he-spoke-up-to-D-A-R-E-officer

Shona Banda is a medical marijuana activist living in Garden City, Kansas. She suffered Crohn's Disease for years before discovering cannabis oil helped to control her symptoms. She was so impressed with marijuana's ability to control her symptoms that she became an activist to help others. Her 11-year-old son was at school listening to a talk by a D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) police officer when he chimed with some counter information about medical marijuana and things have gotten out of hand from there:

As Shona’s son listened to the misinformation given by authorities to his class during the drug education presentation, he courageously spoke up and informed them that the information they were relating was incorrect in regards to cannabis. He was pulled from class and sent to the office for questioning by authorities without his mother present.

When he failed to return home from school, Banda contacted the school only to be told that her son had be detained by authorities. She went to the station, where she was informed that she was not being detained, but that they were obtaining a search warrant on her home and that she would not be permitted to enter the residence until the search was executed.

Once inside the home, police did find approximately 2 ounces of marijuana and cannabis oil, which apparently was enough for a judge to order her son to be removed from her home. She has a hearing on April 20th (ironic!) about the custody of her son and and some are holding a rally at the courthouse to support her.


Need I remind you that D.A.R.E. was the creation of none other than Daryl Gates? Yup, that Daryl Gates.
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Medical marijuana activist in Kansas arrested, son taken away after he spoke up to D.A.R.E. officer (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP
And 150 miles straight east in Wichita there's this.... pipoman Apr 2015 #1
Cops shooting unarmed people, children being taken away over opinions that goes against the State... 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #2
Shona Banda RandiFan1290 Apr 2015 #3
Isn't Kansass one of those right to religion freedom states? Politicalboi Apr 2015 #4
She's 60 miles from the Colorado border... pipoman Apr 2015 #5
It might be a little farther than that to the nearest retail outlet KamaAina Apr 2015 #6
but she would be legal pipoman Apr 2015 #7
Hope he has read Red Chief. Downwinder Apr 2015 #8
 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
1. And 150 miles straight east in Wichita there's this....
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:46 PM
Apr 2015

Vote to decriminalize marijuana passes in Wichita

By KSN TVPublished: April 7, 2015, 8:33 pm  Updated: April 8, 2015, 8:55 am

http://ksn.com/2015/04/07/vote-to-decriminalize-marijuana-passes-in-wichita/

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
2. Cops shooting unarmed people, children being taken away over opinions that goes against the State...
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:48 PM
Apr 2015

Yup America is circling the drain.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
4. Isn't Kansass one of those right to religion freedom states?
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:57 PM
Apr 2015

She can just claim it's her religion to use MJ. Someone should start a gofundme for her, she's going to need it just in case. If anything she needs to move out of Kansass yesterday.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
6. It might be a little farther than that to the nearest retail outlet
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:49 PM
Apr 2015

Eastern Colorado is not what you call highly urbanized.

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