This story was reported for Patch Media on Feb. 4, 2011.
Depending on whom you ask, the issue of drug abuse—primarily of OxyContin—in Poway and, more specifically, at Poway High School is either a serious problem or one of little significance compared to other communities in the county.
Some students at the school maintain that there isn’t a significant problem and said some media reports to the contrary are false or are misconstrued. School administrators call the issue one that is typical of any high school in the county, while some parents believe that drug abuse on the campus of Poway High and in the city are reaching epidemic proportions. And Poway’s mayor said the city acknowledges the problem of drugs in general in the city and has taken appropriate measures to counter its growth and, when it comes to law enforcement, one illegal drug abuser is one too many.
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