A student's last semester at Marymount University was cut short when a Resident Assistant and campus safety caught him with over two ounces of marijuana in his room. School officials suspended the student, and now he's out the tuition and gets no course credits.
The student, who asked to remain anonymous, said he had no intentions of selling it and he needed to smoke pot everyday in order to control his anxiety disorder. However, his medicinal marijuana card from California was six months expired which did not help his case.
"I had no idea that trying to help my condition could get that kind of repercussion," he said.
The problems started in March when he baked pot brownies in a friend's kitchen, then returned to campus to put them in his mini fridge. …show more content…
"They ended up selling them to a freshman girl."
That freshman got sick and contacted the university for medical help. School officials did not know how to respond so urged students on campus to come with any information they had on how she obtained the brownies.
Two days after the incident on campus, school officials got a few tips on who could possibly be responsible for selling the brownies to the freshman. Linda Doe, a campus safety officer for three years at Marymount University said, “Once we had an idea of who it could be we decided to watch the young man carefully for the next couple of days for any suspicious activities.”
Within the couple of days Campus safety barged into his room while he was in the shower. “They rummaged through my drawers almost too certain of what they will find”, he says.
The student said Marymount University's heavy-handed approach was unfair since they took no action against the roommates.
Melissa Forde, a History major, said several of her friends smoke marijuana in and around the campus residence
The student, who asked to remain anonymous, said he had no intentions of selling it and he needed to smoke pot everyday in order to control his anxiety disorder. However, his medicinal marijuana card from California was six months expired which did not help his case.
"I had no idea that trying to help my condition could get that kind of repercussion," he said.
The problems started in March when he baked pot brownies in a friend's kitchen, then returned to campus to put them in his mini fridge. …show more content…
"They ended up selling them to a freshman girl."
That freshman got sick and contacted the university for medical help. School officials did not know how to respond so urged students on campus to come with any information they had on how she obtained the brownies.
Two days after the incident on campus, school officials got a few tips on who could possibly be responsible for selling the brownies to the freshman. Linda Doe, a campus safety officer for three years at Marymount University said, “Once we had an idea of who it could be we decided to watch the young man carefully for the next couple of days for any suspicious activities.”
Within the couple of days Campus safety barged into his room while he was in the shower. “They rummaged through my drawers almost too certain of what they will find”, he says.
The student said Marymount University's heavy-handed approach was unfair since they took no action against the roommates.
Melissa Forde, a History major, said several of her friends smoke marijuana in and around the campus residence