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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), April 16, 1969, p. 5

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POT INVADES YORK Marijuana excites kids baffles parents police NEWMARKET teenagers is pyramiding nortV Toronto Drug use mostly among high school students is most prevalent in the area from Richmond Hill south where some teachers estimates up to per cent of their students have tried marijuana Richmond Hill police estimate somewhere around seven per cent of the area students have tried drugs In Newmarket and Aurora authorities say are experimenting with drugs but most admit they have no idea how many are Im afraid it may be more than most of us realize said A Miller principal of Auroras Williams Secondary School He said he couldnt comment further on the number of students at his school using drugs Newmarket Police Chief William Hill asked to estimate how- many high school students in town use pot said I think lots have tried it but most gave it up There are a few users but I wouldnt go as high as six per cent Secondary School principal Shepherd puts the figure tower than that I wouldnt say any more than just the odd one less than two per cent he said Mr Shepherd said he saw more signs of drug use among students two or three years ago than he does now In Richmond Hill Police Chief Robert Rabbins drugs began to ap pear among teenagers a bout three years ago and gluesniffing a problem at the lime began a simul taneous decline Now other drugs LSD and ampheta mines speed have also appeared but to date police so theyre probably craving or severe psychic not used too often dependence there ore good I know one or- case descriptions of persons thai was put in for who need maintain a marijuana that took a month to get here It does nt appear be easy to The pamphlet he said so points out The police feel the mental problem arises from marijuana that docs come the fact that many people to lown Is not brought here habitually use one drug or by professional pushers another for inappropriate He said he thinks purposes and thereby run students may buy pot Torontos a pass it along to other Fire mar shall s report Two big fires cost 300000 illegal marl the have thorillcs Is bacco or alcohol executive director of the diction Founda tion says In a pamphlet The Information currently available about the chronic of marijdi and t sign of other drugs Chief Hill said he doesnt think the lines of supply to the own teenage community are very I complete about the acute shnrt Ho says that frequent statements N G parking dispute Council overrules itself North Gwillimbury Police Chief Pollock last week accused tho town- slips council of not sup porting its own bylaws If the township The police chief was commenting on a park ing dispute with parishion ers attending Sunday mass parishioners of Our I of the Lake Roman Catholic Church at FivePoints Kes wick have been issued summonses for illegal park ing The police department said church appeared toads Commission which li ft of the County themselves and Monday night congratulated the towns Legion team on winning the Ontario champ ionship The weekend final in Aurora was not well at tended though Mayor Dick said Only almost a month of weeks April will bo Barber shop Harmony Week marking the 31st anniver sary of the establishment of the Society for the Preser vation and Encouragement of Barbershop Qua r t 1 Singing in America April 2026 will be National Air Cadet Week with tag days April to And Conn Illtyd Harris gave notice count of the votes i mayor council members of the York Coun ty School Board and mem- School Board The complete recount came af ter Deputy Reeve Rill Trent Canadian Nation al Hallway hints Au rora station may be closed is causing council some worry town will re quest a meeting with CNR officials and will strongly object any closure par ticularly in view of efforts to obtain GO NORTH May or Illingworth said stirred among the and the replies eight had no complaints with the service five having problems whether should b town 10 In the question of customs house established in

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