The Warren County Drug Task Force is southwestern Ohio says a 17-year-old high school student was at the center of a high-grade marijuana distribution ring that was bringing in as much as $20,000 a month.

Investigators say the Mason High School student who is believed to have started the operation had $6,000 in cash in his bedroom when officers arrived with a search warrant.

A smart kid, lured by the big money of selling marijuana under prohibition. Now he’s going to be branded a criminal for life. What would he have accomplished if he hadn’t been caught or if prohibition didn’t exist and there wasn’t much money to be made from selling weed?

Could he have been President someday? I think we all know the answer to that question.

- Joe Klare