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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1994

POSSESSING DRUGS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SUCH AS SYRINGES,

BLADES,

HYPERDEMIC NEEDLES, TIN FOIL, CUT-OFF STRAWS, RAZOR SPOONS, PIPES;·

WEARING SUNGLASSES AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES TO HIDE DILATED OR CONSTRICTED PUPILS;

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CONTINUAL WEARING OF LONG-SLEEVED SHIRTS TO HIDE NEEDLE MARKS;

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APPEARING TIRED, LOSS OF APPETITE, FALLING ASLEEP OR CONVERSELY EXCESS ENERGY AND RESTLESSNESS;

CONTINUAL SNIFFING UNRELATED TO INFLUENZA COLD SYMPTOMS;

MOOD INSTABILITY, UNUSUAL FLARE-UPS OR OUTBREAKS OF TEMPER,

RESTLESSNESS;

ACTING IN A SUSPICIOUS MANNER, FURTIVE BEHAVIOUR; AND

FREQUENTING ODD PLACES WITHOUT CAUSE, SUCH AS CHANGING ROOMS OR CLOSETS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED TEACHERS THAT IF A STUDENT WAS SUSPECTED TO BE USING DRUGS, THEY SHOULD OBTAIN THE FACTS BEFORE CONCLUDING THAT THE SUSPICION WAS CORRECT.

IN THE CIRCULAR, TEACHERS, GUIDANCE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS ARE URGED TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND STUDENTS THAT DRUG ABUSE IS ILLEGAL AND THAT THE POSSESSION OF VERY SMALL QUANTITIES OF AN

ILLICIT DRUG WOULD RESULT IN SEVERE PENALTIES AND A CRIMINAL RECORD ON CONVICTION, WITH DELETERIOUS EFFECTS WHICH MAY LAST A LIFETIME.

THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON TEACHERS NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THEY SUSPECTED THEIR STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED WITH DRUGS BEFORE DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM OF DRUGS WITH THEM.

IF A STUDENT WAS FOUND TO BE A DRUG-ABUSER, TEACHERS SHOULD REFER THE STUDENT TO THE GUIDANCE TEACHER OR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER, SO THAT AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR TREATMENT OF THE STUDENT AND OTHER FOLLOW-UP SERVICES COULD BE PROVIDED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID PARENTS

SITUATION.

THE

CIRCULAR

SHOULD ALSO BE INFORMED OF THE STUDENT'S

REQUESTED HEADS OF SCHOOLS ΤΟ INSERT THE GUIDELINES INTO THE GUIDANCE TEACHER RESOURCE BOOK FOR TEACHERS' REFERENCE AFTER CIRCULATING THEM AMONG STAFF MEMBERS.

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