THE ISSUE OF drugs in schools is as vital today as it was in 1986 when President Ronald Reagan signed the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, now called the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act. This act provides federal funds to schools to institute antidrug programs. When drugs invade a community, they quickly trickle down to the teenagers and into the schools. According to CASA, 72 percent of teens ages fifteen to seventeen say their high schools are most certainly not drug-free. This means that they believe that students keep, use, or sell drugs on school grounds. Joseph A. Califano Jr., CASA chairman and president and former U.S. secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, speaks out against the high incidence of drugs in schools across the country. "With drugs so widely available in our nation's schools, it's not surprising that marijuana and...