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School Drug Policy 1970-1970

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The school’s policies and procedures in regards to illegal drug use on campus have not been updated since 1970, when there was a more relaxed perspective of drug use. In 1970, cocaine was perceived as being used by the wealthy and the users and dealers were a lot younger (Abadinsky, 2014). This school’s policies and procedures haven’t been revised since “crack” was created in 1980 (Abadinsky, 2014). A lot has changed since 1970 and with new and different drugs in existence the level of violence has increased (Abadinsky, 2014). The Comprehensive Drug use Prevention and Control Act of 1970 created five schedules to categorize controlled substances (Abadinsky, 2014). Marijuana and heroin were placed in the top category, which is known as

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