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Head calls for drugs clampdown
Published:  09 November, 2007

A leading head teacher has called for a tougher line against illegal drugs, saying attitudes are too lenient. Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College in Berkshire, told a public schools' conference drugs were "too sinister" to tolerate.

He said children from rich and poor families alike suffered mental health problems as a result of drug-taking.

He recommended schools adopt his own tough policy, which was to say there was "no second chance on drugs".

Dr Seldon was speaking ahead of a debate on mental health at the annual meeting of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference of leading independent schools in Bournemouth.




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