Increase in Discipline for Possession, Sales Not Pegged to Just One Cause, Educators Say More students in North Texas -- and across the state -- are being disciplined for having used, sold or possessed drugs or controlled substances on campuses, according to information released by the state. In the Texas Education Agency region that includes Dallas, Collin and Rockwall counties, the number of incidents in which students were disciplined for drug infractions rose 13 percent between 2005-06 and 2006-07, according to data compiled by the TEA. [continues 759 words]
Federal Official Visits Area, Meets With Local Task Force President Bush's drug czar praised Dallas leaders Wednesday for fighting "cheese" heroin use among youths - a move he said is vital to preventing its spread to other parts of the country. "That's one of the reasons we're trying to watch this closely," John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said during a news conference Wednesday at Dallas Independent School District headquarters. Mr. Walters spoke after receiving a briefing from the Cheese Heroin Task Force. DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and some parents whose children died of cheese were among those who attended the briefing, which was closed to the public. [continues 431 words]
DALLAS -- The number of Dallas students getting hooked on a new drug called "cheese" is skyrocketing, with arrests for the heroin mix up 82 percent this school year. Dallas Independent School District police made 122 arrests through February for students either possessing or dealing the drug. At that time last school year, 67 cheese-related arrests had been made. The total reached 90 by summer. School district officials have said they were slow to see cheese as a threat when it was detected in fall 2005 because they didn't know what it was. They say arrests increased because they now know what they're looking for. [continues 607 words]
Arrests In District Spike; More Kids Seek Help For Addiction To Heroin Mix The number of Dallas students getting hooked on a new drug called "cheese" is skyrocketing, with arrests for the heroin mix up 82 percent so far this school year. Dallas Independent School District police made 122 arrests through February for students either possessing or dealing the drug. At that time last school year, 67 cheese-related arrests had been made. The total had reached 90 by summer. DISD officials have said they were slow to see cheese as a threat when it was first detected in the fall of 2005 because they didn't know what it was. They say the number of arrests has picked up because now they know what they're looking for. [continues 1679 words]
