Who knew heroin use was a major problem in high schools today?
But as always, leave it to our furry friends to come to the rescue! – Kenn By Stacey Altherr for Newsday.com Concerns about heroin use among high school students in Smithtown have prompted school district administrators there to talk to Suffolk County police about letting its canine unit train their drug-sniffing dogs at the district’s two high schools. If an agreement is finalized, county police will train their dogs inside the buildings after school hours when students are no longer present. The Smithtown school district has been working with other agencies, such as the police, to deal with the growing problem of heroin use among its students, said Smithtown schools superintendent Edward Ehmann, and he sees the prospective agreement as another component of its comprehensive anti-heroin program. “It’s just another aspect of trying to be as proactive as we can be,” he said. The head of the canine unit, Lt. Brian Coltellino, confirmed that police were in talks with Smithtown schools, an
