NYC students going to school high ‘every day’ as drug incidents rise: teachersBy Deirdre Bardolf, Georgett Roberts and Craig McCarthy
Published Sep. 24, 2023
New York kids are getting a higher education these days.
Students in the Big Apple are regularly waking and baking before class — with The Post catching teens toking up outside schools in the morning and teachers reporting rampant use of the drug in the buildings.
“They come in sluggish or sleepy. Their eyes are red. Sometimes you can smell it, too,” said one exasperated teacher at August Martin High School in Queens.
“It’s not good for learning. They can’t learn if they are high?”
The problem has gotten so bad that Mayor Eric Adams highlighted it in the “State of Our Schools” address last Wednesday — saying that pot use is worse with the rampant spread of illegal cannabis stores in every city neighborhood.
“A few blocks from here on their way to school we are selling cannabis in the stores where they come in high every day,” Adams said in the speech.
Incidents involving illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia, alcohol and unauthorized use of possession of controlled substances or prescription medications are more common, too — they increased 17% in the 2022-2023 school year compared to the year before, according to city officials.
The Post observed teens gathering to take tokes of marijuana before school last week and many students said it is common to see kids coming in high and smoking vape pens in the buildings.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/09/24/students-stoned-for-class-every-day-as-drug-incidents-rise/
