272 school drug cases recorded last year

272 school drug cases recorded last year

By Semi Turaga
Tuesday 27/06/2017
The students of Kalabu Primary School mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse.

272 school drug cases was recorded by the National Drug and Substance Abuse Advisory Council in schools last year with the highest number recorded in the Nausori District.

There were 205 drug cases in secondary schools while 67 were recorded in primary schools.

The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Report 2016 states that the highest number of 136 drug cases were recorded in the Nausori district.

Cigarette smoking continues to top the list of drug and substance abuse cases recorded in schools around the country with 144 cases last year.

This was a decrease of 31 cases compared to 2015.

There were also 38 alcohol related offences in schools last year with 25 cases recorded in secondary schools.

26 cases of student smoking or found with marijuana were recorded in schools last year with four cases in primary schools.

30 cases of glue sniffing were recorded last year. There were 26 reported cases in secondary schools and 4 in primary schools.

The data in the report was collected from 451 schools in Fiji.

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