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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am friends with parents whose children attend Burke, Field, GDS, Georgetown Prep, Gonzaga, Holton, Lab, Landon, Madeira, Maret, NCS, Potomac, Sidwell, St. John's, SS&SA, STA, Visitation, and WIS..  I have had discussions about the presence and extent of hard drug use among students in these school communities.  Not one single parent I have asked about this issue believes that hard drugs like opiods, heroin, or meth are being used by the student's in these schools.

We absolutely do need to starting publicly outing these schools, thoigh not the individuals, so that the parents become aware of the issue and bring pressure upon the schools to do something about it.  Please if you know something, say something, fresh air is a great sanitizer.[/quote]

+1000[/quote]

Thank you.  It is also time we started to privately out the student dealers to school faculty and administrators.[/quote]

As a parent with kids at one of these schools (Sidwell), but in the lower grades, I'm surprised and saddened to hear that this doesn't already happen. What are parents so afraid of? If I was absolutely certain - with proof - that a kid in my DC's school was dealing drugs, I would not think twice about alerting school officials. [/quote]

Because parents would have to get their own student involved to report it, and no one wants their child to be the one first reports it.[/quote]

Wrong, I got my DD to report it.  A very good male friend of hers slipped down this slope and eventually began dealing to pay for his own habit behind his parents' backs.  My DD actually took it upon herself to visit with the mother and father (divorced) separately and inform them of what was going on with their son, initially they were dismissive because he continued with his "ways."  He cut ties with my DD knowing she would be the friend who would try to get him help, then fast forward several months later and DD receives a middle of the night phone call after this young man had been beaten pretty badly during a transaction.  The parents took it seriously for all of a week and again he is back to his old tricks.  The parents have to come out of denial and take this seriously when someone cares enough to put themselves out their to protect these parent's DC.  I feel sad for this young man, his school throws around random suspensions which are laughable, his parents are self involved in themselves and most of his friends are just too afraid to stand up to him.  As a parent of one of his friends, I am truly sad about the stupidity and denial of parents in this area.  I see it time and time again.[/quote]

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