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[quote=Anonymous][size=9] [/size][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's everywhere.  Public and private.  At jackson Reed many of the neighborhood kids start at 14/15. i live adjacent to the school and dozens of my neighbor's kids smoke every morning.  If they wait until 16/17 at GDS you've bought yourself 2 yrs.  [/quote]
Wrong forum. [/quote]
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OP specified private. [/quote]
I have teens in both public and private and I have experience with this so I "qualify" to respond.  This is a serious topic.  The PP said it was in public and private.  I appreciate their post.  I also see the same.  I think it's on the rise.  The private kids are buying from the same dealers as the public kids.  Recently I toured a DC private that featured posters about vaping help.  But I think many heads of school are looking the other way.  THC vaping is normalized in social media as a healthy alternative to alcohol.  Vapes fit in pockets and can be used constantly throughout the day.  I think parents need to be talking a lot more about this with their kids than they are.  For a teen who was found buying or using these, I would be confiscating paraphernalia and cutting off money.[/quote]
Don’t blame the heads of school. None of them think this is good for kids, education, society, and none of them wanted it in their school.  But you should blame the parents (ourselves) for giving our kids cell phones way too early, because that’s how they find their drugs, among other things, and social media has been terrible for the anxiety and depression of these kids.   Blame society for the normalization and legalization of weed.  Blame the chemists that have turned marijuana into a seriously harmful psychedelic.  Blame the tobacco companies that pivoted to flavored vapes that are virtually undetectable (as opposed to the smell of cigarettes and joints) and all the companies that came after them whether it’s with nicotine or THC.  And yes, blame the parents who have done it around their kids and keep it in the house and told their kids it’s OK if they do it.   [/quote]
This is PP you were responding to.  Your blame list is on point.  That said, heads of school can use their platform to raise awareness and to set parent and student expectations.  Just as they would for academic integrity, good sportsmanship, etc.[/quote]

They can use their platform to some degree and I believe they do at least at my kids’ school they do. Parent Coffee’s. Speakers. Etc. [/quote]

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