Drugs, Gangs, and Public Schools in America: A Call to Action
Collette Caprara /
Would the discovery that, every day, nearly 6 million youths in America are immersed in abusive environments create a shock wave and a call to action?
That is, in essence, the finding of a report recently released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University: The public outcry remains to be heard.
The results of two concurrent surveys, each of 1,000 students aged 12 through 17, revealed that 27 percent of those in public schools reported that their schools were infected with both gangs and drugs. As would be expected, youths in such schools were far more likely to use drugs and alcohol, and tobacco. (more…)