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Vernonia School District v. Acton (47J)

Teenagers And The Availability Of Drugs

  • DRUG USE, TEENSAccording to material cited by the U.S. Department of Justice, for each year from 1984 to 1996, more than 82 percent of high-school seniors answered that it would be "fairly easy" or "very easy" to obtain marijuana if they wanted to.
  • About 20 percent of the class of 1984 stated that it would be fairly easy or very easy to obtain heroin, whereas more than 32 percent of the class of 1996 answered the same.
  • Another study cited by the Justice Department found that in 1996, almost 55 percent of eighth graders stated that it would be fairly or very easy to obtain marijuana. More than 23 percent said it would be easy to buy LSD, and about 20 percent answered the same for PCP (angel dust) and heroin.

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