DRUGS IN SCHOOLS

Being a teenager and being a high school student, I know that many
things go on at school right under administrators' noses. Although
things have been done to lower the use of drugs, adults would cringe
at the thought of what goes on inside a high school setting.

There is a huge problem today with teenagers and habitual drug use,
and a contribution to that issue may be how easy it is to obtain
drugs. What is being done to stop this? Random searches are just not
enough anymore, because in public schools, drugs are sold and used
on campus every day and every day these teenagers get away with it.
Cell phone use is also a huge contribution; almost all drug deals are
made using text messaging.

Banning cell phones and having more random searches could possibly
help resolve this problem, yet you have to deal with the issue of
parents arguing that the school board is invading their child's privacy.

There is no easy solution, and I don't believe that any steps will be
taken in the near future to help resolve this problem until adults
wake up and realize what's actually going on. When buying pot is as
easy as buying gum, you should realize that something needs to be
done.

Tara Mowery

Kirkwood