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The Times Advocate, 2005-03-09, Page 88 Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Marijuana issue on front page of the news EXETER — The big story in the news this past weekend was the murder of the four RCMP officers in Alberta, and it has once again put the marijuana issue onto the front pages of the news. We have major con- cerns about the increas- ing amount of drug use among our young people, and we have certainly seen indications that there is greater drug use among students before and dur- ing the school day. Does this mean we have a school with a drug problem? Indirectly it does: what we really have is a soci- ety with a drug problem, and, consequently, the drugs appear at school, as they do around the Rec Centre, at parties and in homes and vehi- cles throughout the area. One of the issues for schools has always been how to handle the drug concerns without appear- ing to be heavy-handed. But perhaps in the inter- est of being fair, we have been too lax in our response to student drug use. For example, we do sometimes suspend stu- dents for showing up at school smelling of dope. In almost every instance, the student claims not to have been smoking up, but having been with someone else (name withheld of course) who was. Depending on the strength of the aroma, we have on occasion been willing to accept this defence, and have let the student go with just a warning. Because of our concerns about the increased drug use, we will no longer be allowing that line of d has the dis- tinctive smell of marijua- na on his/her person, he/she can expect to be suspended for a mini- mum of one day, certain- ly more if it is a repeat offence Last year, we had the police come into the school in late May with the drug dogs, which resulted in two students being suspended for pos- session of drugs. I received some criticism from a parent for doing the drug sweep so late in the school year and so close to final exams. Consequently, I have made arrangements with the police for a drug sweep to occur in the near future, and will do so at least a couple more times this year. Any students caught with drugs on their person or in their lockers will be suspended for a minimum of three to five days, and they can expect the penal- ty to be at least doubled for repeat offences. I would also like to remind students and par- ents that anyone caught with a larger amount of drugs, enough to indicate trafficking, is subject to expulsion from school under the Provincial Code of Conduct Students seen smoking up during the school day, whether on school prop- erty or not, will be sub- ject to a suspension of three to five days, again with a more serious penalty for repeat offences. I will also ask the police to increase their patrols around the ball fields and skate park at the Rec Centre, two areas students seem to head to when they leave the school grounds. The tone of this article might suggest we have a major problem, and some people might feel we do. However, this is a prob- lem that every school in the province faces because drugs are pre- sent in every community in the province. Our stu- dents tell us they can obtain almost any drug they want with little diffi- culty. Even if they are exaggerating, we should have cause for concern. The attitudes toward drug use have changed and drug use will contin- ue to be an issue until we, as a society, take the tough steps required to deal with the issue. 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