Public, Catholic school boards announce ban on vapour devices

School resource officers in city high schools are seeing an increase in the use of marijuana oil in electronic cigarettes, spurring the public and Catholic school boards to announce a ban on e-cigarettes.

Sgt. Kelly Rosnau, of the EPS School Resource Officer Unit, said there have been five incidents in the past two weeks of youths consuming marijuana oil on school property by inhaling it using e-cigarettes.

"It's an emerging trend among youth," Rosnau said. "In talking with teachers and school resource officers, they saw the device in the past but were unaware of what they were and what they're being used for."

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