As Christmas time ap-
proaches, more and more
Canadians head down to’
‘Washington. to do their

shopping on Sundays. It is —

too bad to ‘have. to lose all.

that. revenue when our own —
the. -

economy needs all
stimulation i it can get.

If our stores were open on
Sunday,, it would also mean

more part-time people could °

be employed.

This. issue the Inquiring
Reporter asks: ‘‘What do you
think of Sunday’ Shopping?”

“He talks of ‘students
unable. ‘to attend to their
work,.. giggling © their. way -
through’ mathematics classes
in a stoned stupor. .

” and he estimates | that at

least 50 per cent of young-'

sters experiment with: drugs
while passing through the
school system,

involvement becomes longer
ranging and. far more dis-
turbing.

Police regularly carry out

‘drug busts in local schools’
and make an average of.

about two arrests each day
they check a school.
Friday alone they arrested
three juveniles.

West Vancouver Police do
not have a formal drug squad
to monitor the situation but
Constable Brian Schierer, of
the youth squad, says he has
noticed an increase in the use
of drugs in schools in the

. past three or four months, as
well as the presence of
chemical drugs.

A student at West Vancou-
ver Secondary is said to be
able to obtain heroin.

One possible reason for
the increase at West Van
may be the difference in
price there due to a higher
income level. Dealers who
sell bags of grass in North

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‘while for
about two per cent the.

abundant supply,’’

Last ~

_.- Veronica Brace.
‘North Vancouver.
I would. think it’s, a good
would. be very —
--convenient if the: stores were
open on Sundays. ° -

Vancouver for $15 ‘are said to

obtain $25 for: the same
product i in. West Van schools.

. Yet Holt feels the Situation

is probably no worse in West |

Van than in schools at any

other municipality in Greater
- Vancouver. .

“This isa port city and the
drugs come in .in = fairly
he says.
““Drugs started becoming a
serious problem at the school

about 10 years ago. It’s just -
_ part of the youth culture.”’

He maintains: ‘‘There are.

very, very few who go
beyond pot,” although he
adds. that students are
sometimes thrown out be-

cause of their involvement in .

drugs.

Whereas most . students
emerge unscathed from the
drug experience, for some of
them drugs becomes a daily
part of their lives.

**They are very easy to

detect,’’ he says. ‘‘They lose

all initiative and drive. The.
users stand out like sore

thumbs.”’

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; I'm ‘sure the. added busi-.
‘ness cof. Sunday shoppers

would help. our. economy.
Also, those people who work

odd hours would find it very. .
handy.

‘Mathematics teachers

sometimes approach him

_ about pupils. being stoned i ‘in
. their. classes. :

. “They are. in this soft and

dreamy ‘state and while
‘they’re feeling all soft and
cuddly they don’ t want to do

any school work,’’ says Holt.

“*The teachers always know
when a kid is stoned in class
because they just giggle and.
you can’t _ get them to do
anything.”

He says: “There are not
too many kids using drugs on
a full time basis but how

many are using it for their
kicks: at weekends I don’ t
know.”

THE DEALERS

Holt says of the drug trade
at the school: *‘A lot of the
pushers. aren't pupils but
they come on the school
grounds because this is
where the market is.”’

Police’ make . checks at
West Van Secondary and
other schools and Holt says
that often parents are not

surprised when their child-—

ren are busted.

‘*In some cases they know
their kids are into pot and it’s
just a matter of time before
they get arrested,’’ he says.

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‘North Vancouver -

It would be a good thing. A.

lot of people ‘would find it
convenient to shop:on Sun-

day and maybe make. it a.

family affair.

“But if you’ve > pot a nice

sweet innocent boy. or girl
then it-really is a: shock when
the. police knock | at your
door.”’

He says that in recent
busts, all the parents involv-
ed were aware their children

_ were using pot and he has
never had any complaints

about the way the police have

‘handled the situation.

Holt says of police’ involve-
ment: ‘‘Whenever the police

- getatip there is somebody in

possession or pushing drugs

they’ come around.

| “We might not see them
in the school for something

like’ this for three er four

ALL NIGHT SKATE

‘Mirs. 'W. Murdoch
North Vancouver.
like to have Sunday quiet.

and to myself. 1 still think —
Sunday should not be a day” 3
; am. oy

of business.

months and then they might ..

come in three times in a
week.”’

' De puty police chief Brolly

says: “‘We do the best we
can and certainly monitor
‘these things pretty closely. —

‘‘There is some indication
there might be an. increase
and we are working on it
right now.”’

But told of some of the.

disclosures to the News, he
‘comments: “‘It amazes me
that you should tell me this.
We don’t get much informa-
tion from the schools.”’

He says police officers are
in the schools daily and
disagrees with Holt’s view

that drugs have been an.

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North Vancouver
Good idea. Not only would

; tbe handy,. we wouldn’t lose

all that business. to 0 Belling-

ongoing. ohn» in ‘schools

for 10 years.

“We. ‘monitor. the scene

and what drugs. are available

ona regular basis and we are
going to continue to do it.

‘There have been one or
two: seizures. of hallucino-
genic drugs - LSD - which
quite concerns “Us.” .

Brolly. says: “We monitor
and may bring in undercover
people, which we do from

time to time.”

And: he. adds: “Twill

‘certainly. ‘tell. you this, that

over the next two or three
weeks 1: ‘hope. we will get a
better picture | than we have

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