Drugs on the Rise

Is the the issue of drugs getting worse or better now?

Drugs have become so common in the United States's middle and high schools that for many students.

Based on survey responses, researchers concluded that 80% of the nation’s high school students and 44% of middle-schoolers have personally seen illegal drugs used or sold and/or students drunk or high on the grounds of their schools.
(survey: National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse-CASA at Columbia University 2007)

The survey included 1,063 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 and 550 parents of teens, half of whom had children who also completed the survey.

Teens were asked if drugs were “used, kept, or sold” at their schools. Based on these answers, schools were considered either “drug free” or “drug infested.”

Also based on the survey answers, researchers concluded that drug use in middle and high schools is on the rise.

Sources:
C.A.S.A.- National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse

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ALEXANDRA CHUNN