Colorado School Goes into Lockdown Because… Gravity Bong!

Adams City
High School in Commerce City, Colorado, went into lockdown Friday
morning because—wait for it—some kid’s gravity bong released a
bunch of marijuana smoke into a classroom.

The bong was hidden in a backpack, and started inadvertently
releasing smoke, according
to The
Denver Post:

Adams City High School was put on modified lockdown Friday
morning after a student’s gravity bong — a device that uses the
force of gravity to pull large amounts of cannabis into a chamber —
released smoke in a classroom, officials said.

“As a precautionary measure our students were placed on a
modified lockdown to limit movement throughout the school,” the
school said in a release. “School resource officers and nurses are
on site as a precautionary measure to address the needs of students
if necessary.”

The smoke was released about 9:45 a.m. in the Commerce City
school, said Breanna Deidel, a spokeswoman for the school
district.

“Everybody is safe,” Deidel said. “The kid who did it is in the
office meeting with the disciplinary team right now.”

Marijuana is of course legal in Colorado, although I would still
expect a kid who brought it into school to get in some serious
trouble. Hopefully, not too serious. Maybe the
administrators will be in a mellow mood.

Was a lockdown really necessary, though? Increasingly, schools
jump into panic mode over
relatively
trivial
incidents.