Drug tests dropped

Published October 20, 2010

Drug tests dropped
San Marcos CISD trustees have ended random drug testing for students in junior high and high school who participate in UIL activities, citing both funding concerns and the fact that only a handful of students were found to have been using illegal substances.
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Accused Discovery Middle School shooter will get counseling, medication while out of jail on bond
“He needed to be out of the jail setting to continue to get drug therapy and counseling,” Memon’s lawyer, Bruce Gardner, said of the decision to post bond.
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Campus counseling seeks to address climbing depression numbers
Campus counseling seeks to address climbing depression numbers College life is an exciting, memorable, fun experience for many students, but according to Screening for Mental Health, “18 to 25-year-olds are 17 [percent] more likely to be depressed now than five years ago.” Phoebe Kuo-Jackson, director of UNLV’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), said suicide is […]
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