POLL: Teenagers and Drugs in Wilton

On Monday, November 14, police charged a 15-year-old male for theft and drug possession which took place at Wilton High School. Apparently the juvenile had been involved in stealing a wallet from a locker and possessed less than half-an-ounce of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Police said that another two juveniles might also be indicted in the case.

“Additional charges are expected in this case,” said Lieutenant Donald Wakeman of the Wilton Police Department.

Drug use in high school, while perhaps troubling, no doubt exists. Last month, stating that 48-percent of seniors admitted to “having taken illegal drugs ‘multiple times in the last 12 months,’” and that results “‘showed 27-percent” of students having “‘problematic levels’” with drug usage, according to the article.

Results also showed that “30 percent of students [had] ‘problematic levels’ of involvement with alcohol, indicating they had ‘used alcohol three or more times in the last 30 days or got drunk once or more in the last two weeks,’” according to the article.

The article also states that Ridgefield High School’s Superintendent Pat Michael viewed the results as “unsettling,” but that she also believed Ridgefield to be “on par with many schools in the same demographic, especially when it comes to drugs” because of easier “access to pharmaceuticals at home [which] pose a threat in affluent areas.”

There are of being use in Wilton. Is it par for the course? Or do you think Wilton has a problem that goes deeper?