ILLEGAL DRUGS

Do You Know What Your Child Does When They Walk Out The Door?

The issue of Illegal Drugs has been front and centre in schools
across New Brunswick. Many of the schools have drug councilors that
are situated in the school environment that are able to assist with
the growing use of illegal drugs in schools across our communities.

Illegal use of non-prescribed drugs is and has been a social and
enforcement problem for many years. The most prominent drug used by
young people is alcohol, in the form of beer, wine, or liquor, police
said in a recent interview. Most young people will experiment with
this drug at an early age (pre-teen) and then on to the teen age
years, through High School. Many youth have to remember that you must
be 19 years of age to consume alcohol in the province of New Brunswick.

Illegal drugs as defined by police are all drugs that are not
prescribed by a doctor. Cannabis with street names, pot, hash, hash
oil, weed etc is also readily available to young people at a modest
cost. Other chemical drugs such as Exctacy, Mescaline (PCP) Cocaine
or Crack cocaine are also available to young people but are more
expensive and much more dangerous, so young people tend to stay away
from these.

Drug abuse in all forms will destroy lives it is probably not
exaggerating when I say that most crime is committed by people under
the influence of alcohol or drugs or by persons that need money to
feed the habit. Many of the youth across New Brunswick have received
counseling for this habit that we hope should be gone some time soon.

What can you do if you think your child is under the influence? First
you want to talk to your child and then you should contact police if
your still not sure or if your suspicions are true.

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