Thursday, June 16, 2011

School suspends 17 in drugs probe

14 June 2011 Last updated at 16:25 GMT Head teacher Mike Chapman Head teacher Mike Chapman said the drug taking had been an "isolated incident" Two pupils have been expelled and a further 15 suspended following an investigation into drugs at a Lake District school.

The drug at the centre of the Keswick School inquiry is an illegal anti-depressant containing diazepam.

Head teacher Mike Chapman said two Year 9 pupils had been permanently excluded and a further 15 suspended.

Cumbria Police said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy from Keswick on suspicion of distributing drugs.

'Level of naivety'

Mr Chapman said he was confident the drug taking had been an "isolated incident".

He said: "The school has acted swiftly and effectively to immediately deal with this illegal and unacceptable behaviour.

"We've conducted a thorough investigation, interviewing a large number of pupils, mostly from Year 9.

"We're confident that this has been an isolated incident where peer pressure and a lack of common sense from a number of pupils has led to them being swept along into being persuaded to try this Class C drug.

"There seems to have been a high level of naivety here - many were not aware of the drug's effects before taking them."


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