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US TX: Drugs Dog Houston Teachers; All Quiet In Southeast Texas

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1111/a01.html
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Webpage: http://drugsense.org/url/rMRXk2bO
Pubdate: Tue, 09 Dec 2008
Source: Beaumont Enterprise (TX)
Copyright: 2008 Beaumont Enterprise
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Website: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1024
Author: Emily Guevara
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?225 (Students - United States)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?237 (Drug Dogs)

DRUGS DOG HOUSTON TEACHERS; ALL QUIET IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

It's either good living or good hiding that is keeping Southeast Texas teachers and students out of the drug spotlight.

A series of teacher drug arrests in the Houston Independent School District prompted its superintendent, Abelardo Saavedra, to call for drug dogs to visit all campus employee parking lots in the coming weeks, the Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday.

But, Southeast Texas school officials say they have had few drug-related incidents involving employees, rendering drug testing and drug searches unwarranted.

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