Pubdate: Thu, 8 May 2008 Source: Sudbury Star (CN ON) Copyright: 2008 The Sudbury Star Contact: http://www.thesudburystar.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/608 Author: Bob Vaillancourt Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Marijuana - Canada) POT LEADS TO $100 FINE A Sudbury judge refused to give a former city high school student a conditional discharge for having marijuana at his school last November. Court was told the school's principal was doing a walkabout on the school grounds when she saw Michael Poyner, 18, trying to stuff something into his jean pocket. The something was a small plastic bag containing about $10 worth of marijuana, said federal drug prosecutor Richard Huneault. Ontario Court Justice Guy Mahaffy rejected a suggestion that Poyner be given a discharge. Such a disposition would mean that Poyner would not end up with a criminal record. Such a sentence would send the wrong message to those who take drugs to school, said the judge. "A discharge here would pass a message to those with drugs at school that it's OK if you get caught because all you get is a discharge," he said. Instead, he convicted Poyner and fined him $100. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake