Drugs at Williamsburg middle school

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine is dealing with this with her daughter right now. It is absolutely terrifying.

I had not heard anything about the overdose.

The W/L death was supposedly natural causes. That is what was reported to me by my W/L student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine is dealing with this with her daughter right now. It is absolutely terrifying.

I had not heard anything about the overdose.

The W/L death was supposedly natural causes. That is what was reported to me by my W/L student.

The student death at WL was absolutely from natural causes.

[Anonymous]

^that's what I thought. Very sad situation.

[Anonymous]

Wait, so when you say overdose. Did the student die? I'm not sure if OD means die or just that one needed medical treatment. I can't imagine that if a student died, the community wouldn't know about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^that's what I thought. Very sad situation.

Also sad that the family felt the need to tell us all that. Bad enough to deal with that kind of loss without worrying about the judgment of strangers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you all have blinder son if you don't think drugs are in middle schools.

+1. I went to Williamsburg in the 90s and some students were drinking, smoking pot, using LSD, taking pills from their parents' supply, and having sex then. LSD is probably not as prevalent anymore, but I doubt much else has changed.

Actually LSD is making a comeback and has been going around Yorktown. Prescription pills are the real problem though, if you don't mind the alcohol & pot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you all have blinder son if you don't think drugs are in middle schools.

+1. I went to Williamsburg in the 90s and some students were drinking, smoking pot, using LSD, taking pills from their parents' supply, and having sex then. LSD is probably not as prevalent anymore, but I doubt much else has changed.

Actually LSD is making a comeback and has been going around Yorktown. Prescription pills are the real problem though, if you don't mind the alcohol & pot.

The new LSD can been mail ordered from China. The USPS cannot detect it. It's cheap. It looks like sheets of stickers. Every parent should educate themselves on the ease of mail order drugs. Google LSD from China.

[Anonymous]

Parents need to watch their mailbox, not just the medicine cabinet.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2518793/Chinese-companies-legally-importing-synthetic-drugs-like-Smiles-N-Bomb-K2-Spice.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait, so when you say overdose. Did the student die? I'm not sure if OD means die or just that one needed medical treatment. I can't imagine that if a student died, the community wouldn't know about it.

The WMS overdose did not result in death, but did require hospitalization.

[Anonymous]

I am fairly certain this would have made the news if it happened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am fairly certain this would have made the news if it happened.

Look above. A student did od, but was, thankfully, just hospitalized. The dealer was an 8th grader.

[Anonymous]

The drug problem at Williamsburg, Yorktown, other APS schools, and schools in general is downright terrifying. It is so disheartening to see what's going on and, more than anything, parents have to get their heads out of the sand. Stop taking such a casual attitude toward this issue and be proactive. Here is a short documentary that EVERY teenager should watch with his or her parents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4VpCTRPMx0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WMS parent again - I haven't heard of H at WMS, I've heard that it's pills from personal prescriptions or taken from home medicine cabinets that are sold to other students. And apparently the OD was on these types of pills.

Maybe our new interim principal will speak out on this issue. Or she's too busy writing about fidget spinners and the kids that walk to the Lee-Harrison shopping center after school. Bigger problems here, lady!

any time there are kids that rich, there will be drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine is dealing with this with her daughter right now. It is absolutely terrifying.

I had not heard anything about the overdose.

The W/L death was supposedly natural causes. That is what was reported to me by my W/L student.

I remember that movie where Michael Douglas was the father and his daughter was a rich, white HS girl addicted to heroin. Those scenes where he goes looking for and finds her with that dealer drugged out of her mind always stuck with me.

Truly horrifying for any parent to deal with. Ugh. Your poor friend. My heart goes out to her and her daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WMS parent again - I haven't heard of H at WMS, I've heard that it's pills from personal prescriptions or taken from home medicine cabinets that are sold to other students. And apparently the OD was on these types of pills.

Maybe our new interim principal will speak out on this issue. Or she's too busy writing about fidget spinners and the kids that walk to the Lee-Harrison shopping center after school. Bigger problems here, lady!

any time there are kids that rich, there will be drugs.

Unfortunately it happens at poor schools, too. The drug problem is growing and it is scary. It seems to be on a few fronts including prescription medications as well as kids beginning with gateway weed and moving into harder stuff more quickly than 'the good old days'. It could also be that the high is more intense and the younger kids aren't recognizing the risks.