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Is alcohol a drug? That s a very controversial' thing,” McGarvey said. He noted that' the National Institute of Mental Health had combined the funding and leadership of alcohol and drug probrams under “substance abuse.” He added' that' this seemed to be the trend at federal and state levels.
"From what 1 hear and the reports I read, alcohol is on a par with drugs,” McGarvey said. “Alcohol is a subtle kind of thing. It has the same addictability as drugs.” McGarvey acknowledged, however,' that' the side effects of alchol don’t seem to be as serious as those erf hard drugs in the area of genetics.
Use, Not Addiction
“WeTe not addressing alcohol from the standpoint of alcoholism but simply from' the standpoint' that it has no place in' the school system from a can of beer on,” interjected Eldred. “If we send you a student convicted of drinking beer in the parking lot, are we sending you someone you can do something about?”' he asked.
As with marijuana use, McGarvey replied, it would depend whether'the incident
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