View from the North 40: In the end, the lessons proved to be good

February must be a month to revisit topics because I’m back with marijuana-infused news, this time home-grown here in the U.S. and as wholesome as a Girl Scout working the annual cookie sales gig.

Last week I reported on two Canadian cops who allegedly took marijuana from a drug bust, then proceeded to get very allegedly high — like panicked enough to call for help, but too messed up to explain the problem high and so high the problem turned out to be the other uniformed officer was hiding in a tree.

But a 9-year-old Girl Scout in Southern California, where marijuana is legal for one and all w...