Know what your children are consuming at school

It seems every year drug dealers always manage to find a new way of attracting unsuspecting victims and hooking them up with drugs.

Every year it seems there is a news drug on the market that is sold to unsuspecting school children.

Please do not be fooled into thinking that this is only happening in high schools, because it has been reported that a pink drug concealed in what looked like a candy straw was being sold at primary schools in Gauteng.

The Anti Drug Alliance SA (ADASA) previously stateda pink drug concealed in what looks like a candy straw has been sold to underage children at a number of private schools in the greater Johannesburg area.

“At this stage we are working day and night in alliance with a number of sources to establish which schools have been targeted,” said Adasa.

As a parent, reading reports like these send chills down your spine because any child can fall victim to this. The drug issue cannot be left only to government to deal with it because these drug dealers live among us and we cannot point fingers all the time and not do anything.

Parents, teachers and the government need to work hand-in-hand to ensure it is not easy for these drugs to end up in our schools. Maybe government should ensure that schools are stricter and do not allowing people to camp outside the schools selling snacks to the pupils.

There should be proper systems in place to ensure that whatever the pupils buy is only bought from the school tuck-shop.

Anyone seen outside the school premises selling to the pupils should be dealt with accordingly. Parents also need to talk to their children and warn them not to buy anything that is sold outside the school premises and to make them aware of the dangers of doing so.

Another option would be for parents to stop giving children money when they go to school. Always make sure they have healthy, packed lunches and snacks – that way your children will have no need to buy snacks at school.