S.D. School Confiscates Teens’ Medical Marijuana T-Shirts
By The Associated Press
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Two Rapid City high school students who showed up to school wearing T-shirts advocating passage of South Dakota’s medical-marijuana ballot issue have had those shirts confiscated.
A security guard told the two Stevens High School seniors to remove the shirts as they went to their first class on Oct. 20. The principal, Katie Bray, confiscated the shirts.
The students, David Valenzuela, 17, and Chris Fuentes, 18, said the confiscation violated their rights to political free speech.
But Peter Wharton, Rapid City superintendent, said it had nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with violating a policy forbidding clothing that displays images of alcohol, drugs or tobacco products on school grounds.
"Unequivocally, no. It had nothing to do with political speech," he said.
The green T-shirts featured an image of a marijuana leaf and the message "Vote Yes on Initiated Measure 4."
Students can wear political T-shirts as long as administrators determine the clothing is appropriate, Wharton said.
Some have worn T-shirts urging passage of South Dakota’s abortion ban.
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