Drug use in Moorestown or Medford High Schools / Jr High Schools? (Camden: neighborhood, magnet school)

[Adam Warlock]

Hey - I'm possibly relocating to South Jersey - researching public schools.
Is there notable drug use in the public schools in Moorestown or Medford?

Thanks

[zjack2000]

There is drug use in every high school. The richer students have access to cash. You won't be able to avoid it.

[Adam Warlock]

OK but I'm not asking about every school in the United States. That is what I am trying to avoid.
My question is whether there is NOTABLE drug use in the public schools in Moorestown or Medford?
Is there SIGNIFICANT drug use in those schools.

Originally Posted by zjack2000

There is drug use in every high school. The richer students have access to cash. You won't be able to avoid it.

[Leps12]

Originally Posted by Adam Warlock

OK but I'm not asking about every school in the United States. That is what I am trying to avoid.
My question is whether there is NOTABLE drug use in the public schools in Moorestown or Medford?
Is there SIGNIFICANT drug use in those schools.

I would think the answer to this question is "no." Notable is a matter of perception. Certain kids are fairly obvious to tell that they are drug users, so they really stick out. But are they a significant percentage of the overall student body? No.


These are upper middle class, white collar towns. If you are thinking they are the kind of place where you will see a bunch of students strung out on opioids, no, they are not that kind of place. Weed is probably most common.

[drive carephilly]

Originally Posted by Leps12

I would think the answer to this question is "no." Notable is a matter of perception. Certain kids are fairly obvious to tell that they are drug users, so they really stick out. But are they a significant percentage of the overall student body? No.


These are upper middle class, white collar towns. If you are thinking they are the kind of place where you will see a bunch of students strung out on opioids, no, they are not that kind of place. Weed is probably most common.

Kids these days use drugs (especially alcohol) way less than when I was in high school in the 90s and we used drugs way less than the kids in the 80s.

But then again, kids these days are less likely to consider weed a drug that's any better or worse than alcohol (for a developing brain it definitely is).

But are a lot of kids at Moorestown High gonna be stoners? No.

I went to a high school at the Shore (one of the better ones), my friends have kids in high school there and in Burlington Co., my nephew is in high school in Camden Co. I have kids in Orange County public schools here in Florida and have friends and family with kids in other local schools. The situation with drugs and alcohol is way better than it used to be. Here, there, everywhere. The idea that elite, public high schools in New Jersey are going to be awash in drug culture just doesn't really work.

The bigger problems in schools these days that wasn't a problem when I was a kid is cyber-bullying, early childhood access to social media (talk about rotting your brain), and fighting and other disruptive behavior in classrooms that the school administrators are very slow to punish.

I have a kid in a public magnet school. You'd think that it would be 3 strikes and you're bounced to your local, neighborhood school. Nope. The kids get 9 strikes - the whole damn inning.

[DannyHobkins]

I am a product of the Medford school systems. I cannot speak for today, but 20+ years ago I'd anecdotally say the situation was low. For Highschool there was the existence of alcohol, weed, smoking in the bathrooms as probably all schools/teens have struggles with but it wasn't bad or something that the school was known for concern of.