School will test students for drugs

School will test students for drugs

Soendersoe Production in North Funen, has tested 30 students for drugs, and 12 of the samples had traces of the drug.
12 young people from a test group of 30 from Søndersø Production is in the test has been revealed to have smoked marijuana or taken other drugs. The consequence is that students should be treated. They refuse, they must leave school. The relatively high figures came as a negative surprise for the school. - It may be our credibility not stand. And we will only have students who want to learn something when they are here, says Kasper Beech who is the supervisor of the school. The 12 young people who have been tested positive, along with a supervisor, showing up at Alcohol and Drug Center Odense's youth department, so it can be clarified whether any students to undergo treatment. Several of the students have been taken, has little understanding of the school's approach. Blue. 2 girls of 18 and 19 that will now be visiting drug center, is upset about the school interfere with their free time. "As long as we are ready to look after our school on Mondays, so school should not interfere in what we're doing at the weekend," says the 19-year-old girl from Otterup countryside. Consultant from the Alcohol and Drug Center Odense, Torben Vangsted, however, are not convinced that the method is correct when young people out of their addiction. He believes dialogue is the best way forward: "We can see you have a problem, how can we help you?" The Production in Søndersø doing now ready to test the last students when they return from winter break. The school will now require students to declare themselves ready to provide a urine sample when enrolling for school. "Our school must be drug-free," says Kasper Beech. It is not only on Funen you experience problems with drugs. According Teach Ministry, showed a study by three production schools in Aarhus that approximately 30% of pupils had taken drugs within 3 months. And a large proportion of these had done so several times a week. Production schools offer courses with practical work in workshops. The target group is young people under 25 who have not completed secondary education.