DRUG ABUSE IN THE NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS - HEARINGS BEFORE THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL, 95TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, AUGUST 30, 31, AND SEPTEMBER 1, 1978

• NCJ Number: 61453
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 210 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE SELECT COMMITEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL SEEKS TO IDENTIFY THE MAGNITUDE OF DRUG ABUSE, ABSENTEEISM, VANDALISM, DROPOUT RATES, AND VIOLENCE IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS IN THESE HOUSE HEARINGS.

Abstract

ABSENTEEISM, REACHING THE RATE OF ALMOST 20 PERCENT OF STUDENTS, AND THE RESULTANT LOSS OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS TO THE SCHOOLS WERE A MAJOR CONCERN OF THE COMMITTEE. THEY ALSO HEARD TESTIMONY REGARDING THE AGE GROUPS MOST INVOLVED IN DRUG USE, THE KINDS OF DRUGS USED (PCP, MARIHUANA, ALCOHOL, COCAINE, AND HALLUCINOGENS), WHO IS SELLING THEM, AND THE SOURCES OF SUPPLY. ANOTHER TARGET OF INVESTIGATION WAS THE EXTENT AND SUCCESS OF PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS. PRELIMINARY STUDIES HAD SHOWN THAT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF GRADES 7 TO 12 HAD TAKEN PART IN SUCH PROGRAMS, AS SCHOOLS ARE RELUCTANT TO IDENTIFY DRUG USERS TO THE AUTHORITIES. TESTIMONIES AND PREPARED STATEMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVES, INVESTIGATORS AND CONSULTANTS FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL, AND OTHER INVESTIGATIVE TEAMS, AND SPOKESMEN FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. (RFC)