Tricky subject: Colorado schools setting policy for students’ medical marijuana use

Tricky subject: Colorado schools setting policy for students’ medical marijuana use

Colorado school districts this year are wrestling with a new law that allows students who are registered medical marijuana patients to receive cannabis treatments on school property with or without help from a school nurse. “Jack’s Law” offers two alternatives for the state’s 179 school districts: create your own policy, "or the state will figure it out for you," says bill sponsor Rep. Jonathan Singer (D-Longmont). While some of the state's larger districts have written policies, Denver Public Schools has refused, on the grounds that marijuana use is still a violation of federal law.