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Drug use, particularly vaping or smoking marijuana, is a prevalent issue among high schoolers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states that 23.2 percent of 12th graders had vaped nicotine in the past year, and 29 percent of 12th graders had reported using cannabis in the past year, according to the 2023 NIDA Monitoring the Future annual survey. While drug use among teens is not rising dramatically, the dangers of doing so have. With deadly synthetic drugs like fentanyl contaminating drug supplies, drug use in teens has been more dangerous than ever before.

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Physics teacher Emily Hunt drops a student’s egg contraption.

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Lacking in basic necessities, the Foothill Tech bathrooms are home to those avoiding classes and wanting to pull out their vape. The sickly smell of vapes is accented by graffiti on the stall walls that provides a great addition to the ambiance of the restrooms.

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Girls’ Soccer 1/25/18

Abigail Massar
January 26, 2018
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    Maria Combs • Feb 1, 2018 at 6:15 pm

    Beautiful shots! Great job that you are doing! My daughter is on Varsity and I love looking at all the great photo coverage that you do! I have been putting together a small game day pamphlet for all our home games at VC. Tomorrow is our Senior Night. For this program, I would like to include your photo of the field with the beautiful sunset, on the front cover. Of course, you are credited on the bottom of the photo! These will be disbursed to our fans and parents tomorrow night.

    So thank you for all the wonderful work you are doing! Keep it up!

    Go Dragons!!!
    Maria Tuason Combs
    FTHS Soccer Parent

     
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