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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So....after watching the full presser, I appreciate them spreading the information on the severity of the issue, noting the uptick in fatal and non-fatal overdoses among youth and the availability of NARCAN.

But there was NOTHING about what MCPS and MCPD would do IMMEDIATELY to stop these drugs from getting on school campuses and to intervene and prevent kids from using at school.

I don't mind that they don't want to "arrest" their way out of the situation, but that means MCPS's disciplinary arm needs to stand up a distinct initiative or focus to identify, interrupt the drug use and get those kids into the robust recovery and treatment options MCPS and MoCo are throwing at the problem.

Where is the prioritization of non-substance abusing kids to be able to go to school and NOT be assaulted by the smells and sights of drug use and drug paraphernalia or from the trauma of seeing a classmate overdose in front of them? The kids who use aren't the only ones impacted mental healthwise. When their drug use is allowed on school campuses, they're inflicting mental harm on their classmates and staff as well!

Where's the action? Where's the plan? Where's the sense of urgency to tighten and strengthen security and monitoring?[/quote]
Add strip/cavity searches to the metal detectors?[/quote]

So the status quo is ok with you? Kids should go to school coughing on burnt percocet smoke and witness their classmates seizing and vomitting as they overdose? That's just ok by you?[/quote]

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