growing problem
‘Vancouver as a drive
through the West End
_ will show; yet there are
- ‘many problems

trying |

the purpose
- prostitution.

I think it is obvious

that prostitution can

never be stopped .
Maybe it should be
iegalized?

“They have praised him for
speaking out frankly on.
something. which they say.
should have been brought
into the open long ago and
say they fear. the situation is
even worse than revealed by —
the principal.

This point was supported
by a student who spoke to a
News. reporter attending a
| parents’: advisory group
meeting at the secondary.
school last .week which.
discussed student use of.
drugs.

He spoke of teacher in-

difference to the = situation

and. told of a student’s term
paper having the words
“stoned again?”
across it.

Holt had estimated that 50
per cent of students ex-

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North Vancouver

I think that consenting
adults. should be able to do
what they want in private. It
isa personal matter.

perience drugs while passing
through the-school. system
and that” less than two
percent stay with drugs as
_ part of their day-to-day life.

A. survey released this

week by the B.C. Alcohol &

Drug Commission backed up .
these: figures by putting the —

~ Vancouver area. who use

kashish or. ‘marijuana during
their school years as being 50
per cent and stated that 20
per cent experience other |
drugs such as MDA or LSD.
Eight and a‘half per cent of
Students use cocaine during

their school years. Heroine |

use is put at 2 per cent.

But the student, who

‘insists on remaining un-_

named, puts the figures in
Vancouver as. being far
higher.

He estimates 80 percent of
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‘problem is. probably “a

‘Randy Topp

North Vancouver _
Prostitution is a victimless

Consenting adults

should have the right to do
what they want, as loag as no
one gets hurt. Exploitation
of children is, of course,
repulsive. _

‘users on the weekends and
holidays”, while as many as
about 30 percent actually

attend class under the in-

fluence of drugs. |

“Every class I go to there

‘are guys who are stoned. I

have never seen a teacher
Say anything to a guy who
was stoned,” he said. |

Trustee Sager thinks the

it)

cyclical thing” and has a
hunch it will blow | over in a
few years. —

‘He notes that. ‘when he
attended Hillside Secondary
just a few years ago the use
of drugs had all but faded
out, whereas a decade ago

_ drugs were .a major problem

Van Schools.

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the News claimed drug use in

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West Vancouver

No. Prostitution is a
destructive force tm our

society. I personally would
make every effort to stop it.

schools is up “drastically”
and that for some smoking
marijuana “becomes a way
life”. He maintained: “Their
whole point to life is to get
stoned at lunch.”

In case the trend doesn't
peter out, Sager says the
school board must develop a
plan to fight the problem.

What’s needed, he says, is
from six to nine months
study of the situation, then
the implementation of a

“firmer policy than what
we've seen.”

“There probably should be
a firmer policy that states
what happening to a student
if he’s caught,” Sager says.
“Right now it isn’t con-
sistent. One of the things
they do is just transfer-the
kids.”

While Sager admits the
problem is serious, he says

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morally wrong. It would be

bad for society if it were

legalized.

make-shift solutions.

“What I don’t want to see |
thing .
happen,” he warns. “I would _
hate to see the board draw ~
up some quick solutions to.
the problem without enough

is a reactionary

thought on the matter.”

One of the things he'll be -
pressing for after he’s sworn
into office next month is the ..
establishment of some sort -

of a community work
program for students caught
with illegal drugs.

“I'm not one to think that
just throwing him (the
student drug abuser) in jail
will solve the problem,” says
Sager. .

“There's probably a little”
more awareness by parents

needed to this problem,” he
says. .

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