Study: Teen drug use at school getting worse

Published: August 20, 2007, 5:02 am

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Filed under: Teachers, High school, Public school, Teenager, Drugs, Alcohol, Peer pressureBack when I was in high school, drug use at my school was common. We had a school-sanctioned smoking area for students, located in a courtyard between two wings of the school. Few students were actually old enough to legally smoke, yet hundreds gathered in this area between classes each day for a quick nicotine fix. But they weren't just smoking cigarettes out there - amid the smells of tobacco, the odor of marijuana was unmistakable. Teachers routinely walked through this area and said and did nothing about it. Even then, I thought it was crazy that they allowed this to happen.According to a new survey by Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, things haven't changed all that much in American high schools. I doubt schools offer smoking areas these days, but kids are still doing drugs at school. 61 percent of teens say they attend high schools with drug problems

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