Drugs in school

DID YOU KNOW?

A survey shows that 44 percent of middle-schoolers have seen drugs used or sold, or students stoned, on school grounds.

Based on survey responses, researchers concluded that 80 percent of the nation’s high school students and been witness to school drug activity.

The survey was conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, which Califano founded and directs.

“This fall more than 16 million teens will return to middle and high schools where drug dealing, possession, use, and students high on alcohol or drugs are part of the fabric of their school,” Califano says.

“Parents should wake up to this reality and realize that more likely than not, your teen is going to school each day in a building where drug use, sale, and possession are as much a part of the curriculum as math or English.”