Schoolkids 'peddling drugs' to classmates

[Tom]

WA students as young as 12 are peddling drugs to classmates.

 

The problem has become so common that principals are asking police to use sniffer dogs to check children for cannabis and amphetamines.

 

The Sunday Times also can reveal that senior WA police are meeting monthly with teachers and principals in Perth and country towns to try to combat the drug scourge.

 

Supt David Parkinson said parents and politicians would be naive to think drugs were not in public, private and Catholic schools throughout WA.

 

He said police had made the disturbing discovery that some parents were supplying drugs to their children and ordering them to sell the illicit substances to classmates.

 

"Some of these low-lifes are using their kids to access the (drug) market in schools," Supt Parkinson said.

 

"Some principals have asked for the dog squad to be brought in and we are having a look at the legality of that."

 

The warning came as police charged five students from Waroona District High School in the South-West with drug offences.

 

A 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were charged with supplying cannabis. Three other students aged between 13 and 14 were charged with possession of cannabis or a smoking implement.

 

But Supt Parkinson said the drug problem was not isolated to any school or region.

 

"It's not just one or two incidents. You'd have to be naive, you'd really have to have your head in the sand, to think drugs are not in the majority of schools," he said.

 

"Police are meeting with principals across the districts and we're getting our drug and alcohol people in to find out who are the dealers and suppliers."

 

Supt Parkinson said police had found syringes in bush near several schools, with evidence they had been used by students to inject amphetamines.

 

"In one case, the kids threw the used syringes in one particular tree they called the Christmas tree," he said.

 

The latest National Drug Strategy Household Survey showed a third of teenagers had used illicit drugs.

 

One in four had tried cannabis and one in 15 had tried amphetamines.

 

Detectives told The Sunday Times drugs were regularly found in Perth schools, though teenagers were often disciplined without police being called in.

 

John Barich, WA director of Drug Free Australia, blamed schools for going soft on drugs to protect their reputations.

 

"The schools are all looking the other way because they're too scared of what they might find," Mr Barich said.

 

But Department of Education and Training acting executive director Chris Cook said children who wanted to use drugs were more likely to do so outside school.

 

"Schools are a setting that is controlled, supervised and monitored, the opportunity to use drugs in such a setting is limited," Ms Cook said.

 

WA Catholic Education Office director Ron Dullard said it was rare that students were caught with drugs, but he admitted illicit substances were in schools.

 

"Drugs are endemic in our society and it does rear its head now and then," Mr Dullard said.

 

Education Minister Ljiljanna Ravlich earlier this year revealed that children as young as 10 would be shown bongs at school as part of a push to educate them about drugs.

 

National Drug Research Institute director Steve Allsop said 12-year-olds dealing drugs were a "real concern", but he warned parents not to panic because drug use among the very young was not widespread.

 

Author:News Limited.

Date:May 21, 2006

Source:News Limited.

Copyright:News Limited.

 

[Frazz]

But Supt Parkinson said the drug problem was not isolated to any school or region.

 

"It's not just one or two incidents. You'd have to be naive, you'd really have to have your head in the sand, to think drugs are not in the majority of schools," he said.

 

 

 

National Drug Research Institute director Steve Allsop said 12-year-olds dealing drugs were a "real concern", but he warned parents not to panic because drug use among the very young was not widespread.

 

 

Seems neither person in this report knows what they are talking about??....Police once again whipping up public fear and hysteria....scum-sucking pig dogs

Its a shame the police dont spend as much time addressing thier own corrupt members

[two2time]

start then young...nice

 

tt

[WantDaChronic]

Supt David Parkinson said parents and politicians would be naive to think drugs were not in public, private and Catholic schools throughout WA.

 

idiots drugs are in every high school and there isnt a goddamn thing they can do to combat student use... sure they can bring sniffer dog in, but that will only result the the dealers taking down orders all day and then after school they'll hop on their bike and start delivering

 

He said police had made the disturbing discovery that some parents were supplying drugs to their children and ordering them to sell the illicit substances to classmates.

 

"Some of these low-lifes are using their kids to access the (drug) market in schools," Supt Parkinson said.

 

thats pretty fucked the parents should just stick to selling to people they know rather than forcing their own child to commit crimes that could fuck the rest of their life if caught

 

"Schools are a setting that is controlled, supervised and monitored, the opportunity to use drugs in such a setting is limited," Ms Cook said.

thats so true, like when i scored weed at school, i had to fully plan my escape because my school was like a prison we had the 10ft high barbed wire fences all around the school except for around the very front of the school (cant have it looking like a prison from the street ) and also there was a gap around the canteen area because just behind the canteen was the car park...now if i wanted to smoke my bud before school got out, i had to run through those areas and not stop for anyone or thing....hell half the time the teachers on duty gave chase

 

Education Minister Ljiljanna Ravlich earlier this year revealed that children as young as 10 would be shown bongs at school as part of a push to educate them about drugs.

im all for drug education, especially when it comes to kids in the higher grades of primary school...not only does it teach them what to look out for, if they are told the truth about the drugs from that early on, they wont wanna take anything truth being information like marijuana slows down your thinking, fucks your memory, smoking it is bad for your lungs, etc. like stop spoon feeding them bullshit and once the drugs are offered, they'll simply reject them instead of being curious

[Rooster]

I agree. I think a lot of the problems is due to the fact that most people have been spoon-fed total lies about what particular drugs will do to you. Once you realise that some of the things that you were told was false, then the mind goes "I wonder what else could be a lie?" And look at this! We have a new user! If we inform people properly about the drug scene then kids wont be so keen to find out. If they feel that the information they have is accurate then they will be able to make a properly informed choice. I was told MJ put you in a mental hospital within 3 years of occasional use. Then I met some ppl who had been smoking for years and they seemed just fine. That got me interested. I prolly would have said no if they said "Smoking weed wont kill you, but it will prolly make u lazy, unmotivated and a lot poorer" But since some of the "Facts" about MJ were false, I wondered what else they may have lied about.

 

Its like Santa to a kid. They will prolly beleive you until they see mum and dad putting the pressies out. Then they just know that not only does santa not exist, but the tooth fairy and the easter bunny are the same thing!

If we dont provide the right information then how do we expect kids to make an INFORMED disision. Makes my blood boil!