Accused Harvard Student of Bomb threat was"Under Pressure"

 A Harvard student accused of making a bomb threat to get out of a final exam was under a great deal of pressure and seems remorseful, his lawyer said Wednesday after his client was freed on bail.

The U.S. attorney's office in Boston alleges Kim sent hoax emails Monday saying shrapnel bombs would go off soon in two of four buildings on Harvard's Cambridge, Mass., campus. The emails came minutes before he was to take a final exam in one of the buildings.Eldo Kim, 20, was released on $100,000 bond into the custody of his sister, who lives in Massachusetts, and an uncle from North Carolina. Attorneys did not say where he will stay.

The buildings were shut down for hours before investigators determined there were no explosives.

Federal public defender Ian Gold says Kim was dealing with finals and the third anniversary of his father's death, which is this month.

"It's finals time at Harvard," Gold said. "In one way, we're looking at the post-9/11 equivalent of pulling a fire alarm. Certainly I'm not saying the government response was unjustified, but it's important to keep in mind we're dealing with a 20-year-old man who was under a great deal of pressure."

- I believe it's pretty insane to make a bomb threat to the school just to get out of an exam. It's understanding that a student will be under pressure. In fact, just about every student feels under pressure when taking a final exam. I don't think you can use a family member's death to back up why you might not be able to be ready for a final exam. There is a difference between your personal life and your education. Probably this bomb threat hoax could of been avoided by simply getting well prepared for the final exam on time. It's better to get a C on a final exam rather than getting arrested and identified as an accused bomber to the whole nation. Another flaw i think Harvard stiudents have is that they crave that "A" and not a B or a C. Everything is not always going to come out perfect or the way you want it to be. Therefore, they should keep their standards high but not over do it.

High School Seniors don't think it's a big deal smoking Marijuana daily

More than 60 percent of American high school seniors do not think regular marijuana use is harmful, a new survey conducted by the National Institutes of Health's Monitoring the Future project finds.

That figure is up from 55 percent in 2012 and considerably higher than rates from the past two decades.

The survey also found 6.5 percent of 12th-graders smoke marijuana daily, up from 6 percent in 2003 and 2.4 percent in 1993.

It also showed that marijuana use increases with age.

Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of the seniors say they smoked marijuana in the month before the survey, and just over 36 percent say they smoked it during the past year.

Among 10th-graders, 4 percent say they use marijuana daily, 18 percent within the past month and 30 percent in the past year.

More than 12 percent of eighth-graders say they used marijuana in the past year, the survey found.

By contrast, use of alcohol and cigarettes among teens continues to steadily decline.

- These new findings do not surprise me at all. I believe that many students are involved in some type of drug or in alcohol. Maybe the seniors do not believe that daily use of Marijuana is bad because they are satisfied with the effects it has on them. According to social sites or television programs,weed is considered to only give you good effects and that it is pretty harmless. Many young Americans even believe that Marijuana is better and safer than alcohol. Day by day, there is a high school student smoking Marijuana just to feel the effects or to simply look "cool" for their friends. Young people do not think about any consequences Marijuana can hold.