The SADD chapter in Fallsburg has a reputation among students as a place where kids can feel safe being open with peers about feelings on issues ranging from substance abuse, to family, to teen sexuality. Joseph, now a senior, has been a member since ninth grade and is now the treasurer. A lot of kids in Fallsburg have problems. On the other hand, Joseph said, while he knows lots of Fallsburg students who use drugs ecstasy and LSD are among the most common he hasn t seen any use in the school. It s in the town.
People smoke marijuana in the streets.
Joseph and others in the meeting attributed the decline in drugs at Fallsburg to the arrest of a student in school last year. Danny agreed with his peers. SADD is a good thing. It reaches out. It touches you, if you re into it.