Pubdate: Monday, 28 December 1998
Source: Ottawa Sun (Canada)
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POT-SMOKING TEENS FESS UP

PETERBOROUGH --  Dozens of students at the elite high school where
Prince Andrew studied in the 1970s were sent home early for the
holidays after admitting to using marijuana.

The 67 Lakefield College students account for more than one-fifth of
the student body, headmaster David Hadden said.

The school investigated after staff members heard students talking on
a school bus in early December about two girls "smoking marijuana in
the village," Hadden said.

The girls were sent home Dec. 7, he said.

The rest of the school's students were asked four days later, during a
morning chapel service, to come forward during a three-day weekend
"grace" period.

Most of the students who admitted using marijuana were in senior
grades and most drug use took place off campus, he said.

Hadden said those students won't be suspended or expelled but will
remain on probation for the school year.

Possession of marijuana, which is a criminal offence, also violates
the school's substance abuse policy, which students must sign, and its
honour code, Hadden said.

Police were not contacted by the school.

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