'Marijuana shaming' blamed for Ohio teen's suicide

A sophomore at an Ohio high school blames administrators and police for his friend’s suicide, claiming they verbally abused a group of students accused of smelling like marijuana at the annual homecoming dance.

Hayden Long, 16, was found dead Monday at his home in Geneva, Ohio, from an apparent suicide. According to his friend and classmate Hank Sigel, Long was part of a group of six honor students accosted by school officials at the dance on Saturday for “smelling like marijuana.”

“What followed was a two-week suspension from school, possible criminal charges, suspension from all sports and a loss of driver’s license,” Sigel wrote in a letter shared on the social media platform Imgur. The post has attracted over 500,000 views.

Sigel accuses Geneva High School Principal Doug Wetherholt and Assistant Principal Anthony Markijohn of being “negligent and vicious” when dealing with the group, along with a Geneva Police Department...

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