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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No kidding. There are still WMS parents who either deny b/c they really don't know or deny to protect themselves that there was an OD earlier this year[/quote]

Or, you know, you're being hysterical. I find it more plausible that it's a small cohort -- that's usually how these things work. Anyway, there aren't going to be any drug dogs at WMS.[/quote]

B/c they can't smell what jr. stole from the medicine cabinet to sell to his friends?[/quote]

Drug dogs can be trained to smell just about anything.  They probably should bring them to WMS but won't because parents would lose their minds.

I mentioned this to DS this morning. He goes to TJ but has friends at several APS schools and his reaction was "everyone knows Yorktown and Williamsburg are full of drugs.  Gunston too."  He said he knows of a few kids at TJ who smoke but he thinks it's a small group (at least that was what he was willing to tell me, of course he could be lying since he's 13).

I have no idea how prevalent it really is.  It could be a 'small group' as YHS and WMS adminitration says but if that 'small group' are particularly popular or high-profile it can give the whole school community the perception that it's a bigger problem.  [b]But ii can also help the problem grow if more kids get the sense that it's the thing to do.  [/quote][/b]

This. If the small cohort is the popular "cool" kids, the problem will be far more widespread than if it's a handful of less influential kids. It just depends who the cohort is. Had this convo with my DH the other day because he has a brother who continues to struggle with substance abuse issues as a middle-aged adult. He got into hard drugs as a teen because the "in-crowd" at his HS were doing heavier drugs (he was not part of this crowd, but it filtered down to him anyway). My DH was about 5 years behind his brother in school, and was lucky that by the time he was in HS the "in-crowd" was not using more than alcohol on occasion.

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