Marijuana Policy Project

Re: "School sting brings felony counts" (Monitor front page, May 21):

I am troubled by how the evidence was obtained in the indictment of the 17-year-old for drug distribution. I am not saying I condone that he allegedly possessed marijuana. I do question what gave the principal the right to read and respond to a text message that was not her phone. Isn't that a privacy issue?

I also question the police pushing for a stiffer charge by insisting he come into a school zone with drugs — this despite the fact that he more than once expressed reservations about it. Is the principal an acting police officer in that she is allowed to "set up" a drug deal before she contacts the police?

I will be interested to see what the outcome is.

Bill Brewster, Pelham