Pubdate: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 Source: Eufaula Tribune, The (AL) Copyright: Eufaula Tribune 2005 Contact: http://www.eufaulatribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1921 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/coke.htm (Cocaine) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?225 (Students - United States) STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING A Eufaula High School senior arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaine last week will be tried as an adult in Barbour County District Court. Andrew Douglas Champion, 17, of 228 Highland Ave., was arrested Thursday after a traffic stop for improper window tinting Wednesday on Highland Avenue shortly after 10 p.m. After the stop, police obtained written consent from Champion's mother to search the car based on information from an informant. During the search, officers found the following items: 38 plastic bags containing a powder substance field-tested for cocaine A plastic bag containing 500 pills believed to be Xanax A blue pillbox containing 70 pills believed to be Xanax A plastic bag containing 45 pills believed to be Valium A plastic bag containing 17 pills believed to be Lortab. Other items found included an electronic scale, two purple straws and empty, small plastic bags. Champion was also charged with felony unlawful possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor improper tint. Eufaula Police Captain Tim Marsh said his department wants to catch the person who is supplying the drugs. "We're certainly interested in the supplier," Marsh said. "We're going to do everything we can to bring him to court." Eufaula City Schools released the results of a survey earlier this year of 1,149 students in grades six through 12. The results of the March survey included some shocking answers from high school students: Almost four in 10 (39.6 percent) of seniors (last year's class) at Eufaula High School said they have done marijuana in the past year Some 13.4 percent of seniors said they have used cocaine in the past year 63 percent of 12th grade students said they have used beer within the past year More than one in four (26.1 percent) of Eufaula High School juniors said they have used marijuana in the past year Some 10.2 percent of juniors said they have used cocaine within the past year More than half (56.3 percent) of juniors said they have used beer within the past year Some 9 percent of sophomores said they used cocaine within the past year Almost 25 percent of sophomores said they used marijuana within the past year Some 45 percent of sophomores said they used beer within the past year. (An even higher rate, 54 percent, of freshmen said they used beer within the past year.) 27 percent of freshmen at Eufaula High School reported using marijuana within the past year About 8 percent of freshmen said they used cocaine. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin