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High
School
Anti-Drug
Lesson
Daringly
Different
3/24/00
Teachers and administrators
at St. Clairsville High School in Mertins Ferry, Ohio were shocked last
week when a team of local, state and federal law enforcement officers conducted
an unannounced drug sweep at the school.
According to the Mertins
Ferry Leader, officers, some in S.W.A.T. gear, entered the school last
Friday (3/17) while police cars surrounded the building and blocked nearby
roads. An undisclosed number of students were rounded up and arrested
for their alleged crimes in connection with a six-month investigation.
Mertins Ferry schools Superintendent
Lorrinda Saxby told the Leader that she had been notified of the impending
raid about an hour before it occurred, but she had not expected it to be
so dramatic.
"I was under the impression
that it was going to be done quietly," she told the Leader. "When
I got up there and saw the men in combat gear, I was stunned."
Local county sheriff Tom
McCort told the Leader the raid was justified because he believes the school
has a drug problem -- even though, according to Saxby, McCort had never
been to the school before nor contacted administrators there to discuss
his concerns.
McCort also told the Leader
that the Clairsville students needed to learn a lesson about drugs.
He said, "There is more to education than what's in books, slides and films.
The students need to see there is no tolerance."
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Issue #130, 3/24/00
Innocent, Unarmed Man Shot by New York City Drug Unit | National Drug Strategy Released, and Testimony by Eric Sterling | Dump Judge Judy Campaign Growing, Needs Volunteer Monitors, Pain Patients Speak Out | Another Medical Marijuana Bill Goes Before Maryland House Committee | Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Forfeiture Reform Bill, Colombia Aid Package Stalled | Medical Marijuana Patients Begin Northern Florida "Journey For Justice" | Breaking News: UK to Legalize Medical Marijuana | No Hemp for the Masses | High School Anti-Drug Lesson Daringly Different | Link of the Week: "Lost Political Causes" by William F. Buckley | OP-ED: No End in Sight in Los Angeles Police Scandal
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