Students Campaign For School Drug Testing
The “Engaging Youth Serving Communities” Committee (EYSC), consisting Lyon County High School students with sponsorship with Lyon County Champions for a Drug-Free Kentucky and Lyon County 4-Hm, are leading a campaign to implement a random student drug testing policy in the county’s school system.
The students presented to the Lyon County Chamber of Commerce during a lunch meeting.
Audience members were presented with a series of statistics from a 2006 Kentucky Incentive Program (KIP) student self-survey, funded by the Kentucky Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, regarding tobacco, alcohol and drug use among students at 12, 14, 16 and 18 years of age.
The county has a higher percentage of students who stated they used inhalants or prescription medication with no prescription on at least one occasion in the past 30 days than regional, state and national averages in three of the four age groups, according to the data presented Thursday.
County numbers exceeded regional, state and national averages in two age groups of students who said they had had alcoholic beverages at least once in the past 30 days, as well as those who said they had used marijuana at least once in the past 30 days and those who said they had taken over-the-counter drugs to get high at least once.
The DaytaTree Team