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economist sunsuntribune education saturday nov 8 2003 17 drugs easy to find students tell york pot conference by mitchell brown staff writer she doesnt use it herself but if kristine taylor ever wanted to try marijuana she said it wouldnt be much of a hassle finding it it would take about 10 seconds the maple high school student said in school people know the ones who have it and so they can go and find that per son in school people know the ones who have it marijuana and so they can go and find that person as for why nobody thinks of turning the dealers in she asks why would they the students that know they dont care she said if they dont do it they dont bother with that per son and if they do do it theyre not going to go and tell on that person ms taylor was one of about 250 students who attended the youth summit on cannabis at pierre elliott trudeau high school in markham wednesday the first event of its kind in canada students from public catholic and private high schools across york region were brought together with doctors police officers and youth workers to discuss the legal and health risks involved in using marijuana were having an open dialogue with young people about a substance that other than medical use at this point is in fact still ille gal said patricia scott- jeoffroy of york region health services one of the organizers of the event were struggling with things appearing to be changing every day and so weve come together to dis cuss what is true what is myth what is fact many students said they were surprised the speakers did not come out preaching about the evils of marijuana accountable approachable responsible i for a healthy safe environment vote m marilyn head regional councillor 9054771144 the regional municipality of york temporary road closure woodbine avenue yr 8 s town of whitchurchstouffvhle woodbine avenue yr 8 will be closed to through traffic between stouffville road yr 14 and 19th avenue from 700 pm november 14 2003 to 600 am november 17 2003 for the emergency replacement and repair of the concrete culvert arid cspa relief culvert please direct inquiries to daniel kostopoulos peng acting manager engineering transportation the regional municipality of york transportation works department 17250 yonge street newmarket on l3y 6z1 tel 905 8951200 x5084 fax 905 8364590 toll free 1877go4york this notice issued on november 8 2003 for instance stephen meredith an outreach work er with the centre for addiction and mental health camh in toronto spoke frankly with students about marijuanas relative harmlessness in relation to tobacco and alcohol which both kill far more people than all illegal drugs com bined still he said there are not a lot of organic sub stances you can light on fire suck it into your body and not have problems with research shows its a message more young people need to hear a 2001 camh study of student drug use found almost 30 per cent of students in grades 7 to oac reported using marijuana in the past year compared to 236 per cent who reported smoking cigarettes 22 per cent of marijua na users reported lighting up more than 40 times per year and student use in ontario has increased every year since 1991 and is currently the highest rate on record an updated study expected to show even high er usage rates will be released by the end of this month kristen lefave a grade 12 student at huron heights secondary school in newmarket said the event was an eyeopener for her especially that quote about how smoking four or five joints is like smoking 20 cigarettes she said i was like wow i would never have thought that ironically the conferance was held on the same day york regional police acting on a tip from markham hydro discovered 512 mari juana plants worth more than 500000 and marijua nagrowing equipment in a soho crescent house in markham just three kilome tres from pierre elliott trudeau high no one was home at the time and police are seeking suspects anyone with infor mation is 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