What are they thinking??

We got a newsletter from the local school system the other day that contained the announcement that ALL students in grades 5-8 will be issued cell phones to test their effectiveness as a teaching tool. We are reassured that there will be strictly limited internet access, and that the only possible texting will be to the teacher - yeah right! These kids are in the age group that writes and propagates most of the viruses, worms, and other assorted malware that plagues computer users. What will keep them from circumventing the "restrictions" of these cell phones?  The teachers? The rules? But of course! The past several years, the administration of the schools has handed down edicts, rulings, etc banning cell phones during school hours. What are they thinking? Are they all transplants from California where they're so tired of fighting marijuana usage that they're in the process of legalizing it? I think I understand the "reasoning": we have too many potheads taking up valuable real estate in our jails and prisons, so let's make it legal and TAX it! Multiple birds with one stone! Reduce the frustration of law enforcement personnel who feel that they're fighting a losing battle, reduce the census in the penal institutions, and reduce the budget deficit in one fell swoop! Brilliant - NOT! While I agree that some laws are just plain silly, there's enough evidence linking pot use to mental degradation, and acceleration of drug use to cause reasonable doubt in all but the most befuddled of stoners. It defies logic to make it legal. It's really a matter of expedience - don't make waves, go with the flow, hang loose, chill out, what have you. Leave your principles at the door and come right in! This seems to me to be an early step onto a very slippery slope - look at the erosion of family values in the past 40-50 years - it doesn't take much imagination to see where this could very easily lead. . . . Not a pleasant picture.