Delaware Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Bill

This morning, Delaware Governor Jack Markel signed the state's medical marijuana bill into law, making Delaware the 16th state to have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes.

The bill received final legislative approval Wednesday. A spokesman said Markell wanted to sign the measure as quickly as possible because of the lengthy time that will be needed to get a state-run system for distributing medical marijuana up and running. 

The new law allows people 18 and older with certain serious or debilitating conditions that could be alleviated by marijuana to possess up to six ounces of the drug. Qualifying patients would be referred to state-licensed and regulated “compassion centers,” which would be located in each of Delaware’s three counties. The centers would grow, cultivate and dispense the marijuana.

Congratulations to Delaware for implementing sensible policy! Now we'll just have to wait and see if Gov. Markel gets a threatening letter from the DoJ...

Drug Testing for the Scrap-Booking Club

Parents of a student in the Delaware Valley School District have threatened a law suit over the student drug testing policy that requires all students to be tested if they want to participate in sports, extra curricular activities or have campus parking permits.

The student in question wanted to be part of the scrap-booking club and her parents asked that she be exempt from the testing.

Parent Kathy Kiederer, who has debated privacy issues with the board before, was there following her letter asking that her daughter be exempted from drug testing to take part in a scrap-booking club. “I’ve written to ask an exemption and you haven’t changed the guidelines,” she said.