Parents elated as Hickenlooper signs pot in schools bill

House Bill 1373 was just one of 17 bills signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper Monday. But witnessing the governor’s signature is a long-awaited victory for Jennie Stormes and her son Jax.

“It’s huge, it means a lot for the children across the entire state,” Stormes said.

Last year Jax was suspended from District 49’s Sand Creek High School after his mom accidentally packed his cannabinoid medication in his lunch.

“So all the schools that were afraid to create a policy they now can do it and they have to do it,” Stormes said. “It means that all the children, all of Jax’s friends can go to school.”

Now, all of Colorado’s 177 school districts will allow parents to send medical marijuana with their kids to school. The kids will be able to take those products on school grounds.

“All kids have a right to their medical treatment at all times during the day,” Hickenlooper said. “They shouldn’t have to suffer possible seizures because they’re not getting what they need.”

“We don’t have to be stressed to take our kids to school anymore and our kids are very excited they can go to school like every other kid with their medicine,” parent Stacey Linn said.

Before students can take medical marijuana at school, they need two recommendations from a doctor and the official okay from the Colorado Department of Public Health.