State seizes 11-year-old, arrests his mother after he defends medical marijuana during a school presentation

note-a-bear:

bipolar-bubbeleh:

fillingupthecityskies:

bonniekristian:

The drug war: Splitting up families and terrifying children in a location near you!

But who would arrest single mothers trying to raise their children while suffering from Crohn’s disease?

cops

Never forget: many cps agencies run on per-child budgets. This means that shit like this provides them what amounts to a per-child bonus.

Not only are filling jails in the financial interests of many states (look up occupancy quotas at private prisons), but so is breaking up families.

State seizes 11-year-old, arrests his mother after he defends medical marijuana during a school presentation