Pubdate: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 Source: Globe and Mail (Canada) Copyright: 2005, The Globe and Mail Company Contact: http://www.globeandmail.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/168 Author: Oliver Moore Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth) DRUG USE DROPPING IN PROVINCE'S SCHOOLS Drug use has actually dropped slightly in Ontario schools even as students believe its incidence to be rising, new research shows. Data released yesterday show that 36 per cent of students are drug free (a categorization that includes nicotine and alcohol), a rise from 32 per cent the year before. In spite of that shift, though, more than half of students believe that drug use is increasing. By far the most common drug is alcohol, used by close to two-thirds of students within the past year. - --- MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman