Drug Abuse in Schools

Most people think the safest place for their school-age children to be is in school. Parents send their children to school for an education in "reading, writing and arithmetic." However, is this the only education that they are getting? Based on the article from The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, September 6, 2001, the answer is definitely "no." Drugs seem to be a focal point in our schools, and the demand increases as the children reach high school. A survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse reported an alarming statistic: sixty-one percent of U.S. high school students and forty percent of middle school students say drugs are used and sold in schools. …