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Today's Poll!Crossing the lines
Joy Sweeney of the Council for Drug Free Youth asks students to fill in the blanks as they try to guess the percentage of students who admit to using drugs or alcohol in different time frames. Sweeney was at Calvary Lutheran High School for baseline training in an attempt to create awareness of the use of legal and illegal substances by Jefferson City area high school seniors.
Friday, October 26, 2012
On one side of the room, a small sign labeled “Strongly Agree” was taped to the wall. On the other side, a similar sign read “Strongly Disagree.” Between the two walls, 16 teenagers — all Calvary Lutheran High School students — stood in attentively in a line.
Time and again, Joy Sweeney, executive director of the Council for Drug Free Youth, asked the students to share their attitudes about drugs and alcohol by moving closer to one wall or the other.
While most students disagreed with the notion that “drinking helps people deal with problems,” they were less clear about whether or not people are “more accepted if they drink or smoke pot.”
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Comments
earlsmusic 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Just teach them. They don't need MORE peer pressure.
RobHunterJohnson 6 months, 3 weeks ago
I have to agree Earl, the peer presure in that room to go one way, or another was probably intense? I remember having to fill in the blanks on questions like those questions on the blackboard back in the 70s, and the matter was kept private! As of late I have heard several bad stories involving these drug/alchol counslers! (IT IS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL) Its seems the satop groups are setting policie over, and above, the courts! IT COST MONEY TO REVERSE THEIR DECISIONS! Meanwhile funding involved in these programs at the state level is also involved 21 days in house of duration or participaton, or up to 3 months of bull!. The DRUNKS with up to 11 DWIs continue to drive, with no license, insurance, or participation. Due to the BULL. When this person is locked up these programs should be completed at the penal level, not released until a satisfactory completeion. It should be a part of the state controled training, rather than at the control of an private admistrator whose funding is tied to a program. While people who are trying to do right are penalized to the point of not being able to participate? After listening to a couple of people, I know, I understand why the GUY WITH THE SIGN IN THE NT WAS SO UPSET WITH THESE ADMINISTRATORS! Rob
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