Coupeville Sports

Rumors are just like this fish — ugly and stinky.

Do Coupeville High School athletes smoke pot?

I’m sure some do, and some don’t. It’s the same at every school, in every decade. Tumwater Class of ’89 is not that different from Coupeville Class of ’13.

We live in a state where marijuana is legal for you when you hit 21, and a recent report by state health officials quoted in the Seattle Times says “The number of high school students who believe using marijuana is risky is also at a low point.”

The survey taken by state officials points to increased marijuana use among high school students, while alcohol and cigarette use is lower than it was in 2010.

And why am I babbling about this?

Because, in an interview yesterday with a Wolf athlete, an interview NOT about drug and alcohol use, the subject came up. Names were bandied about for a moment or two, with both of us knowing full and well that I was NOT writing about the subject, and then we moved on.

It was a microscopic portion of a wide-ranging interview, but, we were in a public place, and the person at the table next to us, a person who doesn’t like the athlete involved, has taken it upon themselves to spread word of what was said, or what they think was said.

So let me clear it up for you.

What was said was one athlete’s opinions. That athlete might be right. That athlete might be wrong.

You’re not going to see a list of names here, because, either way, there’s no story.

I’m not being naive.

I’m saying, come at me with photographic proof of heroin use and we roll with the story. Toss a few names out there as pot smokers — some on the yes side, some on the no side — and we’re moving on.

You sign the form as an athlete and pledge to stay alcohol and drug free. Some do. Some don’t. That’s a personal choice. You answer to the face in the mirror, either way, and it’s not my job to judge you.

So, to the little punk at the next table, stick that in your pipe and smoke it. And then maybe go do something with your own life.