"Soloman's clinic, called Puget Sound Rapid Opioid Detoxification Consultants (PROD), quietly opened this spring. ...PROD like other such clinics, caters to the up-market junkie who can afford its expensive price-tag - $5,000. ...Soloman sent out a press release indicating that his target market is in part suburban teens. (A quick slip from heroin's death grip?, Eastside Week, December 17, 1997)

"When 893 or 76 percent of the student body (North Kitsap High School) responded to an anonymous drug/alcohol use survey at the high school, some alarming statistics surfaced. ...50 percent thought someone close to them had a drug or alcohol problem...79.5 percent thought marijuana fairly easy to get." (Peer program helps attack drug, alcohol problems, The Sun (Bremerton) November 24, 1997)

In National News: "Marijuana use has been rising among young people nationwide, and Washington state is in the forefront of that trend." (The Compassion Game, Wall Street Journal, November 3, 1997)

"North Mason School District drug use survey results were released...September 25. From 4.3 percent to 7.2 percent of students in grades eight through 12 said their parents would approve of them smoking marijuana occasionally. (Drug survey results released at NM school board meeting, Shelton-Mason County Journal, October 2, 1997)

"It has not surpassed the more popular abuse of alcohol, marijuana or methamphetamines but signs point to an increase in heroin use in Island County. A Clinton girl, 16, died a week ago today and the Sheriff's office is still awaiting test results to prove whether a heroin overdose caused the death. But the syringe and paraphernalia currently held in the county's evidence locker suggests that it was present." (Whidbey heroin use on the rise, South Whidbey Record, July 26, 1997)

"Remember this about Lewis and Clark High School's program to test student athletes for drugs. It was suggested by student athletes. Some seniors on last year's football team took the idea to their coaches out of concern that drug abuse was hurting the team." (The final result is to deter drug use, The Spokesman Review, July 15, 1997)

"Vashon is not an island separate from the drug problems shared by city-dwellers. ...Many kids smoke pot regularly for two years, never having paid for it, said Berry. For lots of kids, their parents crop is their source, she added." (Teens talk about drugs, Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, June 18, 1997)

"'Marijuana is safe if you use it carefully and occasionally for an escape from reality. After a few weeks of not getting high, it would have worked its way out of one's body, and nobody would ever know.' So stated an essay a high school student dropped off at the Teen Center at last week's panel discussion on drugs. (Teens talk about drugs, Vashon -Maury Island Beachcomber, June 18, 1997)

"On Thursday and early Friday, authorities discovered a group of Kingston Junior High students were under the influence of LSD, according to Kitsap County Sheriff Pat Jones." (LSD arrests made, The Sun, (Bremerton) May 12, 1997)

"The Americans arrested in the sting included seven from Whatcom County. Among them was Will Wright, 19, a popular Blaine High School senior and talented athlete, who led a marijuana smuggling and money-laundering ring in Blaine for two years." (County drug warriors reap reward, Bellingham Herald, May 2, 1997)

"Murphy Boughner, Bainbridge High School intervention specialist, says youths she counsels know of fifth and sixth grade students who have begun experimenting with drugs. ...'As each year goes by it gets younger and younger.'" (Elementary schools seeing drug use, Bainbridge Island Review, April 30, 1997)

"Bainbridge sends a higher percentage of its students to college than any other public district in the state. It also, I suspect, may have a higher rate of alcohol and drug-impaired students than other schools. ...The Bainbridge Island Police raided a juvenile party last weekend. Drugs and alcohol were found in copious quantities. The age range was from 14 to 19..." (Teen substance abuse does happen here, Guest Column by Dave Corn, juvenile probation officer with Kitsap County Juvenile Court, Bainbridge Island Review, April 30, 1997)

"'Eighth grade seems to be the time on the island where drug use begins to be acceptable, part of a youth's rite of passage,' Boughner said." (Elementary schools seeing drug use, Bainbridge Island Review, April 30, 1997)

"...officers arrested nine juveniles and two adults in Sunnyside for either suspicion of delivering or possessing drugs. (11 arrested in Sunnyside Drug Bust, Tri-City Herald, April 28, 1997)

"Jerod, a small, quiet 14-year-old Langley Middle School student, said he started smoking marijuana when he was 10. He used it regularly for three years." (The Long, Hard Road of Addiction, Whidbey News Times, April 23, 1997)

"Whidbey teens and pre-teens are getting addicted to drugs and are becoming alcoholics by the tens and dozens every year." (The Long, Hard Road of Addiction, Whidbey News Times, April 23, 1997)

"According to information prepared by the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, a 17-year old Port Orchard boy's mother got a call late Thursday night from her son. He said he was being held by two drug-dealing adults until she paid the $325 he owed them. ...Prosecutors said the boy had received the cash from the two suspects to buy marijuana and left with a dealer...." (Soured drug deal allegedly leads to teens' kidnapping, The Sun (Bremerton), April 19, 1997)

"A twisted story of a drug deal gone bad, kidnapping, extortion and assault emerged in Kitsap County Superior Court... ...Prosecutors said the boy had received the cash from the two suspects to buy marijuana and left with a dealer." (Soured drug deal allegedly leads to teens' kidnapping, The Sun (Bremerton), April 19, 1997)

"...hundreds of items of marijuana paraphernalia and 400 grams of fairly high quality marijuana worth about $6,000 on the street... ...A juvenile was arrested shortly after the warrant was served and about 1:00 a.m., Monday morning, a 20 year old male suspect turned himself in." (Forks drug bust nets $6,000 in marijuana, Forks Forum, April 16, 1997)

"A March 1995 survey of teens in Kitsap County showed 63 percent reported say their closest friends use alcohol and other drugs, including tobacco; 65 percent said that most kids over 13 believe it is okay to drink or smoke marijuana; 84 percent believed alcohol and other drugs are easy for teens to get." (Funds & games, The Sun (Bremerton), April 13, 1997)

"Cle Elum-Roslyn Elementary School and Walter Strom Middle School students witnessed how effective a drug dog can be during the annual Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week assembly...'the drug dog was brought in for a demonstration and hit on something for real,'... ...the quality of marijuana exceeds 40 grams, placing it at the felony level charge." (Drugs found during awareness week assembly, Northern Kitsap Tribune, April 10, 1997)

"Students in the Wahkiakum School District are continuing to experiment with and use drugs, alcohol and tobacco. ...Students said it is possible to buy drugs on school grounds. Approximately 55 - 60 percent of the students in each grade indicated that someone close to them might have a drinking or drug problem."(Survey shows drug, alcohol trends in Cathlamet schools, Wahkiakum County Eagle, April 10, 1997)

"Students said it is possible to buy drugs on school grounds. Approximately 55-60 percent of the students in each grade indicated that someone close to them might have a drinking or drug problem."(Survey shows drug, alcohol trends in Cathlamet schools, Wahkiakum County Eagle, April 10, 1997)

"...based on a survey of 2,581 Bellevue students in seventh, ninth and 11^th grades last fall, ...It concludes that fewer than one in 10 Bellevue students is getting what's needed from their families, schools, and community to safely navigate to a healthy adulthood." (Bellevue gets failing grade in survey of teens' needs, Eastside Journal, April 9, 1997)

"A lot of people think the drug of choice among Bellingham teen-agers is marijuana, but I have friends who are heroin addicts, who use LSD" (Visionary teens offer real approach to fighting drug, alcohol abuse, Bellingham Herald, April 8, 1997)

"Listen to what some Bellingham teen-agers say about drugs and alcohol: 'It seems like everyone is doing it. You hear about it every day. You're offered it every day.'" (Visionary teens offer real approach to fighting drug, alcohol abuse, Bellingham Herald, April 8, 1997)

"Kids have money to spend on drugs here (Northshore area), and the accessibility is high. It's easy to get any narcotic here and you can find kids dealing everywhere..." (Pro-active Program is Helping Deal with Pervasive Drug Problem, The Woodinville Weekly, April 7, 1997)

"Nine members of Sunnyside High School athletic teams and three non-athlete students were suspended from school recently because of use or association with marijuana or alcohol. (Drug/alcohol association, use bring SHS suspensions, Daily Sun News (Sunnyside), April 7, 1997)

"Parents don't often know about it, teachers only sometimes do, but students see it everyday - 12-year-olds smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol or using marijuana. ...Substance abuse may not be as much of a problem at Issaquah Middle School as at bigger urban schools. But it's enough of a problem that a group of students decided to do something about it this spring." (Teens to Parents: Don't ignore drug abuse, Issaquah Press, April 2, 1997)

"Drugs are making a comeback among Pullman's young people. Parents are afraid to send their kids to the high school because of the availability of drugs."(Counselor: Drugs are back in Pullman, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, March 5, 1997)

"In a survey of high school students she (Kelly Glaze, high school counselor) said, the drug and alcohol problem was identified as the No. 1 problem on campus by almost 70 percent of the students." (Counselor: Drugs are back in Pullman, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, March 5, 1997)

"The memorial was in a covered picnic area in Clark County's Hazel Dell Park, where the 13 year-old's body was found... 'Adam was not a druggie or a drinker,' she (his mother) said. 'He was just a boy experimenting with pot and alcohol." (Friends, family mourn Adam Lachney, Oregonian, February 23, 1997)