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WEST VANCOUVER | schools
need programs aimed at the
prevention of drug and alcohol
abuse, recommends a_ recently-
released 50-page report.

Findings of the report made
public at a Sept. 9 school board
meeting were based on questiun-
naires completed by 37 youths
(ages 12 to 18,) 47 parents and 27
teachers, counsellors and school
administrators.

“West Vancouver is like any
other community with respect to
drug and alcohol use,’’ said
Joanna Sangster, educator for
Vancouver's Alcohol-Drug Educa-
tion Service.

The drug-education service was
contracted to do the report by
West Vancouver School District
45 (WVSB) because of a perceived
need, said assistant superintendent
Bob Overgaard in an_ interview
after the meeting.

During the meeting, Sangster
told the school board that life
skills were the essence of preven-
tion in alcohol and drug abuse by
young people.

“Kids have got to feel good
about themselves, be able to make
decisions and be able to say no
when they want to,'’ said

_ Sangster.

According to the report, West
Vancouver youths, like their
counterparts in the rest of B.C.,
use alcohol as a drug of choice.

And most West Vancouver
teens who drink prefer to do so
on Friday and Saturday nights
during the school year. They
prefer to do their drinking socially
al parties or gatherings.

The report also states that West
Vancouver teens drink in homes
during the winter; in the summer
they change locales, preferring to
drink in the parks, at the beaches
or in the woods.

Thirty-three of the 37 youth
participants rated alcohol and il-
legal drug use as somewhat to

WEST VANCOUVER
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very serious problems among their
age group.

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