Lately, the media have been portraying Porter Creek Secondary School as a drug-riddled school with so many problems that they have to hire a "drug dog" to patrol the grounds.

This is not the idea behind Canines for Safer Schools. Canines for Safer Schools is an education program.

It is naive to think that Porter Creek Secondary School is the only school that is concerned about drug use. Drugs are prevalent throughout the Yukon and are in our schools.

By hiring a person trained in educating students against the use of drugs, Porter Creek Secondary School is taking the initiative to stop the Yukon-wide drug problem in schools.

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