Peck-Harris once found a car cigarette lighter that unscrews and turns into a pipe. Tery Holt, the assistant principal at South Rowan, said he once found a green ink marker that works in two ways. The bottom end screws off to make a pipe for smoking. I think kids now, they re smarter, Freeze said. We re going to have to find other means to detect it.
Pills are easier to conceal and harder to identify when found.
Fortunately, counselors say, they re far less prevalent than tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. A lot of these new drugs are slipping by because they re just pills. Some illegal drugs come from legal materials, including glue, nail polish and hair spray. One such experimental drug, GHB, is a mild sedative made from paint thinner. A problem of a different sort that teachers and administrators find particularly in middle schools and even upper elementary school grades is psuedo drugs.