Results from a recent survey of local students regarding drug and alcohol abuse will be used to make the school system safer, the School District No. 60 superintendent has said.

The survey polled 1,647 students between Grade 6 and Grade 12, and was done by the Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education.

"The bottom line is that we want our school environment to be a safe, quality environment -- one that's safe and free of abuse of drugs and alcohol," said superintendent Wayne Cheeseman.

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