100 San Antonio-area schools with the most drug, alcohol offenses



Here are the highest numbers of drug and alcohol offenses at school in the city. less With records obtained by each school district in the San Antonio area, we looked at how many drug and alcohol seizures each campus had from the 2013-2014 school year.

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Last year, 23.2 percent of students in grades 7-12 admitted to using marijuana in their lifetime, according to a report from the Department of State Health Services.

Although the report, called Drug Facts among Texas Youth 2014, states that the percentage of use has declined since 2012, drug seizure records from San Antonio area schools show that marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among youth.

With records obtained by each school district in the San Antonio area, we looked at how many drug and alcohol seizures each campus had in the 2014 school year.

While some seizures include cocaine and heroin, marijuana remained the dominant drug throughout the board.

Click through the slideshow to see the campuses with the highest numbers of drug and alcohol offenses, in descending order.

High schools including South San, John Jay, Burbank and Stevens were the campuses with the highest amount of drugs seized; each has more than 60 drug-related offenses.

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On the other hand, the number of alcohol-related incidents at each campus didn’t reach past three. Still, the Drug Facts among Texas Youth 2014 reports that alcohol remains the most commonly used legal substance among Texas students.

The report shows 21.2 percent of students who said they had used alcohol in their lifetime.

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