Drugs - Is There a Problem or Not, the Students and Teachers Know But Do You?

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The recent changes in the law concerning the classification of cannabis created a very large political argument, was Mr Blunkett in the right frame of mind when making this decision?

Amongst all the uproar the real problem to today's society has been overlooked, drugs are more accessible in schools, and more students are taking them. Fair enough a large quantity of the adult population who have either tried it or smoke it themselves would agree with certain members of the medical profession that it is less damaging to health than cigarettes. So maybe the problem isn't Cannabis maybe the problem is actually the government's ignorance in not seeing the real problem when it is happening in almost every secondary school in the country. Harder drugs such as Ecstasy, Speed and Cocaine are becoming more available to the younger community.

Now this could mean one of two things either the teaching staff of the schools and colleges turn a blind eye and hide in a cloud of denial as if their school is a drugs free zone or they have no idea what is going on in the real world.

That's what this is though really, the real world, nothing can change what is happening nowadays, its drug culture and no matter what, they will always be there and they will always gain more strength in the streets, schools and colleges.
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Reading this you would possibly be thinking 'I agree' but a large quantity of the readers out there are most likely thinking that it's not true, the one word coming into my mind is denial. Maybe that's what's wrong, the problem isn't publicised enough so the public actually don't know what's going on. So for you readers out there that are 'non-believers' of this article here's the proof, I attend a six-form college, which caters for the GCSE students and the A-level students. I myself am a member of year 12, the first year of A-levels found myself ...

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