Kennedy High Students ‘Fed Up’ with Current Security Issues

Wednesday evening at Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, members of the community gathered to address safety concerns at the school.

Over this past school year several unsettling events have threatened the peace of mind and security of students. In the fall, bomb threats put them on lockdown. In January, a fight broke out at a basketball game and a security guard was injured. Most recently, a knife-wielding former student gained entry into the school while it was in session.

At an April meeting of the Board of Education, English teacher David Gebler told members, “The halls reek of marijuana.”..

https://www.mymcmedia.org/kennedy-high-students-fed-up-with-current-security-issues/

'Rampant' drug use raises concern at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A ninth-grade English teacher at Kennedy High School in Glenmont said what's happening at the school is also happening at other public schools in Montgomery County.

At an April 11 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education hearing David Gebler told school board members the halls at Kennedy "reek of marijuana."

"Usually drug use occurs in our bathrooms but vaping directly in the halls is becoming popular, and make no mistake, the ever-rising opioid epidemic is in our buildings," he testified.

Gebler described the drug use at Kennedy as "daily, rampant, and repeated."..

https://wjla.com/news/local/drugs-kennedy-high-school-montgomery-county-public-schools-board-education-hearing-testified-david-gebler-policy-change-concerns-crime

1 death reported in Md. linked to synthetic marijuana

BALTIMORE —

A person has died in connection with the use of synthetic marijuana, according to the Maryland Poison Center.

The center received information Wednesday that there have been 30 cases, including one death, linked to an outbreak that was first reported on April 3.

Maryland Poison Center representative Bruce Anderson said the death happened a few weeks ago. He said all signs point to synthetic cannabinoid laced with rat poison...

http://www.wbaltv.com/article/1-death-reported-in-md-linked-to-synthetic-marijuana/21518228

Whitman HS Students Explore Drug Culture in Article, WUSA9 Picked Up Story

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/that-package-delivered-to-your-teen-might-have-drugs-in-it/556612699

Driving high: MCPS students speak out

It’s 11:30 p.m. Students emerge from the darkness of the Whitman parking lot and head toward their car.  Less than an hour ago, everyone in the car, including the driver, took several hits from a bong. Despite their daze, the kids pile into the car, and the driver pulls out into the neighborhood.

This isn’t an uncommon tale for Whitman students. Many students admit to driving while high on marijuana—and a lot of them said they believe it poses almost no risk.

“I didn’t really notice much of a difference,” a senior said. “I was still able to concentrate, and I didn’t really notice it until I got home that I was that high.”...

http://theblackandwhite.net/54865/feature/driving-high-students-speak-out/

ABC7: Student smuggles "pot brownies" into Blair HS, sickens two students

SILVER SPRING, Md. (ABC7) — He laced chocolate brownies with marijuana, snuck them into his high school, sold them for $15 each and managed to sicken two fellow students in the process, police say.
Montgomery County Police have charged William Conrad Keysar, 18, a senior at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, with four criminal counts including distribution of a controlled dangerous substance on school property.
According to charging documents filed in Montgomery County District Court, on the day before Thanksgiving, Keysar roamed the hallways of Montgomery Blair selling pot brownies to students who wanted to make their classes a bit more... interesting...

 http://wjla.com/news/local/student-smuggles-pot-brownies-into-high-school-sickens-two-students