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Cannabis is the drug of choice among South Australian school students Sheradyn Holderhead Adelaide Now Monday 19 Sep 2011 In one year schools reported almost 50 serious incidents involving drugs, which are detailed in the reports obtained under Freedom of Information. In one incident, two students took cannabis to school and mixed it into cookies made during a cooking class. In others, students were caught using and supplying fellow students with the drug on school grounds. The reports, which detail the drug problems facing schools, reveal 21 cannabis-related incidents, 15 alcohol-related incidents and incidents where students provided others with prescription drugs or had hard-drug paraphernalia. Family First MLC Robert Brokenshire said he applied for the information because the Education Department needed to face up to the problem facing schools. "It is a most serious offence because of the harm to students' health and the disruption it causes in the classroom," Mr Brokenshire said. He said he believed the department should let police randomly inspect schools with drug detection dogs. "That's a concept that needs to be debated," he said. "Some of the schools have good drug programs but there needs to be more focus on illicit drugs in some schools. I believe where there are schools identified as having significant drug problems ... they need to have more resourcing and focus on drug prevention, including bringing in a magistrate from the drug court." An Education Department spokeswoman said a drug strategy educated students about the health and safety impacts of medication, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. She said schools were not required to report all incidents to the department. "However, all incidents involving the illegal use of drugs or incidents where a student's health has been affected will be recorded as a critical incident," she said. "In the case of illegal drugs such as marijuana, police are contacted." Cannabis use by secondary students declined from 2005 to 2008, with the proportion who had tried cannabis falling from 18.3 to 12.5 per cent, Drug and Alcohol Services SA says. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-depth/school-drug-use-exposed/story-e6frebvu-1226141161860
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