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The Battalion
Survey shows rising drug use
in elementary school children
AUSTIN (AP) — The first survey
of elementary school drug use in
Texas shows that more than half of
the state’s sixth graders have con
sumed alcohol, emphasizing the
need to educate the youngest stu
dents, drug officials said Tuesday.
The survey, commissioned by the
Texas Commission on Alcohol and
Drug Abuse, showed that 57 percent
of sixth graders have consumed al
cohol, compared to only 39 percent
of fifth graders. A similar increase
also was found in the use of other
drugs.
The rise in substance use between
fifth and sixth grade levels is greater
than at any other level and marks
the beginning of drug experimenta
tion for many Texas children,
TCADA officials said.
“Prevention is the ultimate, long
term answer to the drug problem,”
said Bob Dickson, drug official.
“These results from fourth
through sixth graders in Texas
clearly show the need for prevention
services beginning at the earliest
grades in our schools.”
Reasons for the jump may include
the move of sixth graders into sec
ondary school campuses in many
districts and the increasing indepen
dence of sixth-grade aged students,
TCADA said.
Information on drug abuse al
ready is offered to most elementary
school students. But it should be re
inforced by schools, communities
and homes for students at the crucial
age of 11 or 12, said TCADA
spokesman Bill Britcher.
“If we’re not dealing with the is
sues in our homes before junior or
senior high school, we’re probably
waiting too late,” he said.
More than 108,000 elementary
students across the state completed
the three-page questionnaire. The
survey was an addition to the com
mission’s 1990 canvass of Texas stu
dents in grades seven through
twelve, which showed a decline in
the use of illicit drugs.
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No trend information is available
on the fourth through sixth grade
results because it is the first such sur
vey in Texas and no national studies
have surveyed this age group,
TCADA said.
Other study findings include:
• 31 percent of fourth graders,
39 percent of fifth graders and 57
percent of sixth graders have con
sumed alcohol.
• 13 percent of fourth graders,
20 percent of fifth graders and 31
percent of sixth graders have used
tobacco.
• Girls in sixth grade, unlike
those in fourth or fifth grade, have a
E ast substance use rate as high as
oys, indicating that girls are partic
ularly prone to try substances in the
sixth grade.
• Like secondary students, those
in elementary school who make A’s
and B’s are less likely to use alcohol
and other drugs than those students
who make lower grades.
Band proceeds
benefit boy
with ponytail
AUSTIN (AP) — Grammy-win-
ning country band Asleep at the
Wheel will perform at a concert ben
efit for Zachariah Toungate, the
Bastrop 8-year-old kept in school
isolation because his 9-mch ponytail
violated the school dress code.
The benefit, scheduled for March
5 at the Austin Opera House, was
planned by two Austin businessmen.
They say proceeds from the $10
show will go to the Zachariah
Toungate Legal Defense Fund.
Correction
fhe Battalion incorrectly re
ported in Monday’s issue that Indo
nesia won the overall award last year
during International Week. Five
“gold” awards were given out and no
rank was given. The Battalion re
grets the error.
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A/pfilBEflT LOST H/5 APPETITE.
Police Beat
1 he following events were re
ported to the University Police De
partment between Feb. 6 and 15:
MISDEMEANOR THEFT:
® A wallet containing $300 and
several credit cards was stolen
from a student’s backpack in a
room in Eller Oceanography and
Meteorology Building.
• Six 20-amp fuses were taken
from a Dihatsu Hi-jet vehicle
parked near the Adams Band
Hall.
• A woman reported her purse
and its contents, which she left un
attended, were stolen from a room
in Heldenfels Hall. Several checks
were among the items taken.
• A man reported a beige car
cover was stolen from his 1984
Mercury Cougar while in a park
ing lot.
• Four bicycles were reported
stolen.
• A woman reported the right
rear hubcap was stolen from her
sister’s 1989 Ford Probe.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT:
• A security officer reported
hearing someone broadcast an of
fensive remark over the public ad
dress system at the Adams Drill
Field.
DRIVING WHILE INTOXI
CATED:
• An officer reported seeing a
vehicle driving recklessly. After
stopping the vehicle, he deter
mined the driver was intoxicated.
The passenger also was intoxi
cated and was arrested.
• A police officer reported ar
resting a College Station man for
driving in an intoxicated condi
tion. While assisting with the ar
rest, another officer saw a woman
lying on the floorboard of the car.
She had numerous cuts on her left
arm and stomach.
The man said he broke up with
her earlier in the day and returned
to her residence where he discov
ered she had tried to commit sui
cide.
HARASSMENT:
• Five people reported receiv
ing harassing telephone calls.
BURGLARY OF HABITA
TION:
• A woman in Neeley Hall re
ported someone stole a Hewlett
Packard calculator from her dorm
on a bulletin board in Legett Hall
The fire was extinguished anc
damage was confined to thf
;d i
room.
® A student reported $25 was
stolen from a dorm room in
Mosher Hall.
BURGLARY OF A BUILD
ING:
• A Casio digital watch was
taken from a room in the Food
Protein Center.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF:
• Someone activated a fire
alarm and fire extinguisher in
Blocker Building.
• Two students reported some
one entered their dorm room in
Mclnnis Hall and spilled three
pounds of styrofoam beads.
• A woman reported someone
deflated a tire on her 1990 Mitsu
bishi. A puncture mark was discov
ered on the side of the tire.
• A security officer reported
someone poured a salt solution on
the vending machines in the Rich
ardson Petroleum Engineering
Building.
• A student reported someone
set fire to the publications posted
posted material.
• A woman reported someont
cut the right rear tire on her Ford |
pickup.
• A parking officer reported'
someone damaged the locking de
vice placed on an illegally parked
vehicle.
MINOR IN POSSESSION:
• Four students were issued d j
tations for minor in possession of j
alcohol.
FIRE:
• The College Station Fire De
partment was summoned toextin
guish a fire in a room in Haas Hal!
A lamp with the switch in theo•
position had fallen into a dose;
causing the contents to burn.
• A 1985 Jeep CK7 was disco;
ered on fire in a parking lot.A wit'|
ness said the jeep had rolled over J
the curb. He said he reached intol
shift the vehicle out of gear and
discovered a fire in the engicf
compartment.
College Station Fire Depart
ment personnel extinguished th(
fire and the owner was notified.
RECKLESS DRIVING:
• Two students were
as the people responsible for driV'
ing a 1990 GEO Tracker on id;
sidewalk and lawn around Mclit'
nis Hall.
FELONY THEFT:
• A Toploader digital balance
was stolen from a room in the
Wisenbaker Engineering Research
Center.
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