HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1988-13826 RESOLUTION NO. 13826
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE DRUG FREE BILL OF
RIGHTS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse Community Task Force was
formed to look at different ways that they could positively
affect the drug problem in Chula Vista, and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Substance Abuse
Task Force that the City of Chula Vista adopt the Drug Free Bill
of Rights, and
WHEREAS, the Drug Free Bill of Rights has already been
adopted by the County of San Diego and it recommends the
following six basic areas of improvement:
1. The right to a place of work that is free of illegal
drugs and/or alcohol abuse.
2. The right to homes and neighborhoods free of illegal
drugs or drug and alcohol abuse.
3. The right to schools and colleges free of illegal
drugs or drug and alcohol abuse.
4. The right to streets and highways free of drivers
who are under the influence of alcohol and other
drugs.
5. The right to beaches, parks and other recreational
settings which are free of illegal drugs and drug or
alcohol abuse.
6. The right to communities that support healthy drug
and alcohol free lifestyles.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Chula Vista does hereby approve the Drug Free Bill of
Rights, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and incorporated herein
by reference as if set forth in full.
Presented by Approved as to form by
1 ~i Director \~ ~omas ~j~rr~n, City Attorney
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CH , VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 25th cloy Of October . ,,
19 ~l , by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Cox, McCandliss, Nader
NAYES: Counci] members None
ABSTAIN: Counci lmembers None
ABSENT: Councilmembers Moore~ Malcolm
~V/StO
ATTEST
City-~,Clerk
ST~ OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
l, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chub Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is o full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 13826 ,and that the same has not been amended or repealed
DATED
City Clerk
CC-660
ATTACHMENT 1
CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT STATISTICS
SEPTE~4BER 1, 1987 - SEPTEMBER 1, 1988
ARRESTS
DRUG RELATED ARRESTS
METHAMPHETAMINE 123
MARI J UANA 49
COCAINE / HE ROI NE 39
UNDER THE INFLUENCE 27
TOTAL DRUG RELATED AHRESTE~
OTHER ARRESTS
~ PROSTITUTION 197=
WARRANTS
TOTAL ARRESTS 532 (100%)
AVERAGE 2,2 ARRESTS PER WORKING DAY
ATTACHMENT 2
Legal Eagle Quiz
DO YOU KNOW THE LAW?
YB N(} 4. DoYouheve tohavethe~onM~lO~liJ~lor
YES, NO~ S. Is it ageinst the lawtoheveeptpeiftwNe~mmtNe~beee
srnoke~
YES NO 6. Is the penalty the same for heving a smell amount of hnarlJuana
as for having a large amount of it?
YES NO 7'. I:)oe~ the law keep track of someone aftef he gNs out of prlson
if he, has committed a fellx~/t
YES record have any effects ~n your life?
ijuana has been decriminatized. does that
I legal?
the law for a store to sell you cigarettes?
he law for a store to sell you beer. wine, or liquor?
· YES ' NO :12. Is it against the law for you to sniff glue to get high?
YES' NO 13. Does a judge have to send a person to jail if he breeks the law?
YES NO 14. If you are a juvenile and you break the law, does a judge have
to let you go home with your parentS?
YES NO 15. Is it possible to go to a doctor or a clinic for help with a drug
problem without getting arrested or having your parents
permission?
CHUlak VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Drug Education Officers
1984-85 i Elementary Class 34 Students
2 Hrs. Police Dept. Time (PDT)
i Officer
I Presentation
Total of 34 tauaht in Proaram.
1985-86 4 Elementary Classes (dbl} 132 Students
2 High School Classes 56 Students
8 Hrs. PDT
i Officer
4 Presentations
1986-87, *** Police Department adopted the SUBSTANCJ
PROGRAM of the Elementary
16 Elementary Classes
9 Elementary PTAes
i High School Classes~
3 Officers
55 Presentations
ADDfox mately 2.466 persons tauah~ in Proaram.
1987-88 12 Elementary Classes (5 dbl) 665 Students
5 Elementary PTA's also Persons
11 High School Classes a440 Students
2 High School Staff a 95 Teachers
z '[~Z~=l~: .Service Clubs / Churches aS00 Persons
~. ;;,j'*T,~ 15 Officers (trained)
' '~ '~ ' re-assignment of officers within the
Department.
1988-89 ...As of October 21st...
2 Elementary Schools 92 Students
(6 requests pending)
198S-89 Continued:
7 High School Classes (S.S) s280 Students
Approximately 372 persons tauuht so far.
*** As of October 12th, 33 Officers Of the
Chula Vista Police Department will be
trained to teach Substance Abuse Education
in city schools, and the community.***
DRUO BDUCATION OF/XCB~Ht 1988-89
SCHOOL OFFICE~R SCHOOL PHQN~
1. ~T.T.~ .............. ChUCk Ma~in 479-3662
Teresa Wis~n
2. ~T~P~ ......... P~lo G~ina 422-5301
3. C~K ............... Ron ~derle 422-8381
Rob Rea
4. ~ HI~ ............ Jo~ Haley T~
Sigfr~o ~ore~
5. ~T~ ............ Mit~ Hayes 422-8397
Chuck ~gsley
6. ~v.w~ST .......... ~ S~aefer 421-0771
7. ~IDZ ......... J~a Ce~antes 422-8369/
9.
Charlotte ~evino
10. ~UD~ ......... Tom Ini~ez
11. ~ ~l ......... Mike ~ellar 42~39~'
12. Horny ......... ~yee
Cindy I~le
13.
14. P~ ............ ~n Pa~ 420-0134
Ba~ h~e~
15. P~..., ....... Jo~ M~venia 421-5483
16. RI~ ............... ~on Mettler 420-7071
Diana D~y
17. ~ .... ~..,~ .... Carol Tortes 421-1611
18. ·. ~n ~es 420-5533
Ilyana Powers
19. , ~. ·..Tom Jones 422-8329
20
Ma~ J. Diosdado 422-2015
21. TIFF~ ............ Tom ~erett 421-6300
22. V~ ~ ........ Tom Bro~ 421-5151
23. VISTA S~ ....... Nathaniel Hines 422-8374
ATTACHMENT 3
PARENT SURVEY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARy
This survey investigated parental attitudes toward student
drug and alcohol use in the schools and community of the Sweetwater
School District. During the Fall 1987 semester, 3,686 question-
naires were sent to parents of 7th, 9th, and 11 grade students who
had participated in the Distarict°s student substance use survey.
Five hundred and eighty completed questionnaires were returned
in this voluntary and anonymous survey. The parents who returned
surveys comprised only about lg% of the total sample and are
likely to be representative. However, these paten.is may re] esent
a politically active segment of the community, an im
to policy makers. : -
The main findings of the survey foliow=
/(1) Parents believed that there were serious alcohol
and drug (60%) problems in their children's schools and that
an even greater threat from ~rugs (82%~.amd alcohQl (78%) ..
existed among youth in the community setting. /'
(2) Ethnic groups showed varying degrees of concern about
alcohol use in the school population. Asian parenns were
most concerned: 53% thought the problem was. "definitely
serious." White parents consistently expressed a more
accepting attitude toward alcohol. Only 18% of them
labelled the problem as "definitely serious." .
.-" (3) from all ethnic categories perceived
alc~ inl the~ schools as far more thrsatening than
nat parents, by a ratio of .48% to 20%. A greater
percez .age of native born parents, 38% versus 24% of
foreign born, expressed uncertainty about the existence
of substance abuse problem in the schools. '
j'(4) Fifty percent of all respondents had not artended classes,
films.,or lectures on what parents should know about
alcohol or drugs. About a third of the parents had
~-i-
participated on multiple cccasiona, and 18% a~end~d
only one such event. White parents had a high involvement in
such activities, with 40% having'par~i&ipated k'n"'more than
one class or program. Hispanic parenns had the lowest rates
of participation. Only 23% artended a class or program
on more than one occasion.
(5) Seventy percent of the parents, overall, felt competent to
guide their children about alcohol and drugs. Fewer Hispanic
parents described themselves as competent in this area:
30% said t31at they did not have sufficient knowledges and
14% were not certain.
/(6) If offered classes on drug and alcohol prevent_ion by]the
definitely s i n , ~
rate of interest in such a program. Seventy-nine
would participate.
(7) Fifty-two percent of parents expresse~ confidence
· . they would be able to recognize signs of drug use in their
own child, and one-third were fairl~ confident. HOwever,
the older the child, the less confident the paren~.was.
(8} Amongst the paren~ population as. a whole, there'was a high
level of awareness that assistance programs for alcohol
and drug problems existed in the community. The higher
the grade level of the student~ the more likely it was'
that the parent would have specific informaT. ion on whom to
cuntact for help.
-(9) Only 20% of parents claimed specific knowledge about school
polkc~?V~ffec=~ng drug use, although 35% indicated that
they'd genera~ notion. Parents did not become more
,, their children grew older. a=ents
7th g~aders kne~as much as parents of llth graders,
Relatively more White parents rated themseIves as knowl-
edgeable about school policies, (27%) and relatively fewer
Hispanic parentS, (14%) rated themselves as knowledgeable°
(le) About 'half the parents believed that their children knew
exactly what their parents would do, if they (the sons or
d~uyh~) w~ru discovered tu be using alcohol occasionally
in a social se~ting. If the substance were marijuana, then
58% of the parents were certain that their child could
predict exac=!y the parental reaczion. White parents
conveyed the most laisaez-faire policies, in that fewer of
this group believed their children could predict3d~eir
reactions to alcohol use (44%) or marijuana smokinq (52%).
(11) Fifty-four percent of the parents either never or rarely
used alcohol at home. Twenty percent reported drinking on a
weekly to daily basis, and 26% described themselves as
occasional, once-a-month drinkers. Asian parents had the
highest proportion of abstainera an 72%, compared. t~
Hispanic 60%, and White, 46%.
~(12) Parents relaxed their attitudes toward ~heir
alcohol use as the children grew older. In the
82% of parents did not permit their children to
By the 9th grade, the percentage of parents
alcohol dropped to 60%, and then to 53% b~ the 11~h
· . Forty percent of llth grade students were given permission
to drink alcoholic beverages with their families.
(13) Ninety-seven percent of parents had not purchase~ alcohol
for their children. This behavior appeared to be universally
non-acceptable irrespective of ethnic identificaEion.
'(14) Ninety-two percent of the parents judged daily or almost
daily use of alcohol by young people the same age as their
child to be extremely harmful. However, if the alcohol use
was once a week or less, and in small amounts, then only 48%
saw tha~ a}=~x~r~mely harmful. Parents of 7th grade students
perce. "i'mO~e ~a~m in occasional use than did parents
9th a~grade students. In general, parents seemed
belie~.~atalcohol in moderation is acceptable when the
child'is old;enough.
J (15) In cormfast, marijuana use by young people the same age as
their child was rated as extremely harmful, whether on an
occasional basis (78% of parents) or with frequent use
(97%)? However, 1 parent in 5 saw occasional use as only
"somewhat harmful".
~=] Parents '-'-~- asked ~hat *~-,, knot,, -# their own chi~'-
substance use. -Alcohol was the most frequently identified
' substance, and use increased by the grade level of the
child. Sixteen percent of 9th grade parents and 32% of llth
grade parents were sure their child had used alcohol. For
marijuana these percennages were 11% and 12% for grades 9
and 11 respectively. For all other drugs the figures were
negligible. Parenns were more likely =o believe U~ ~heir
child's friends had used alcohol and marijuana, especially
alcohol.
(17) Only 5% of the parents in this su~ey agreed that a
like mrijuana wuuld have to be i~a!ized in ~is
· /( 18 )
Very few parents (5%) had any detaile~ knuwle~e~a~
half (52%) reported than th y kne no~ing abou~ Su~p~-
.-' grams. ~ou= ~'out of 10 parents would suppor~
~(19) Parents (92%) overwhelmingly supported stri~a:
point (9) above revealed that only
le also sup~e~-the use of .
'Rodney Skager
February 1988
/P
STUDENT SURVEY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The survey of alcohol and other drug use by students in grades
.... 7,--9;-and-~l of-~he Sweetwater Union'High School Dis=rio=was
administered in Fall, 1987. The questionnaires used in the survey
were developed in previous district surveys and in the state survey
conducted in 1985-86 for Attorney General Van de Kamp. The current
questionnaire has been continuously modified and improved through
these earlier surveys. The instrument used in this survey is
identical to that being used in a second s=anewide survey for the
Attorney General.
As has always been the case, the surveys were administered
under conditions Of anonymity that were obvious to the students
themselves. Parents were informed of the purpose=e~ the survey and
given the opportunity to withdraw their children without p=ejudice.
Students participating in the survey were selected randomly.
The samples at each grade level represented approximateiyL~5%of
the total age/grade cohort at that grade level. After checking
questionnaires were re~ained for the analysis.
The full report compares current results with the 1985-86
statewide .survey wherever possible~It should be. no~ed
subsequent analysis of the state survey data has revealed that
schools enrolling student bodies ~het are predominantly White, with
high average scores on the California Achievement Profile and high
average socio-economic status, are characterized by relatively
hicher use of psychoac=ive substances than the average for the
slate as a whole. In contrast, schools enrolling large numbers of
minority students tend to show lower levels of substance use than
the average for California. The Sweetwater Unified High School
District fits this latter profile. It is to be expected that, other
~hings being, gqual, uee of alcohol and other drugs by District
students wi~lower than the average for=he state.
Looking~if~t a= direct measures of substance use, the
following gene~aiizations can be made:
(1) About 40% of 7t.h, 60% of 9th, and 70% of llth grade
students ~.eported at least some use of alcohol in
~he previous six months. These rates are similar to those
for the state sample.
(2) Marijuana was used by 7% of students at grade 7 and by
21% at grade 9. These rates are much lower =hat those
statewide. Similarly, only ~0% o~ l0 SUMSD llth grade
students used mariiuana compared to 42% statewide.
(3) Inhalants and possibly tranouilizers were the only other
drugs used with appreciable frequency by 7th grade
students. Both 7th and 9th graders reported lower levels of
use of these substances than students statewide. Use of
inhalants such as glue or various hydrocarbons is usually
most common among younger students. For the District,
inhalant use was reported by 8% of 7th, 11% of 9=h, and.7%
of llth grade students. Fourteen percent of llth grade
students had used amohetamines (compared to 15% statewide)
· and 12% had used cocaine (compared to 18% statewide).
.(4) The percentage of students reporting weekly or da~ly use of
e _ use
with the percentage of SUHSD llth graders u~inq-
substance on a daily basis about half that
(3.8% locally vs. 7.4% statewide). For grade
rate of daily use of marijuana is about h&I~ tha
state (3% vs. 5.2%).
(5) Polvdruc use'for Sweetwater students is much leSs'frequent
at grades 7, 9, and ll than statewide. Twenty-nine percent
of llth graders engaged in this practice compared to 39% in
the California sample. Moreover, fewer SUHSD llth grade
students reported frequent polydrug use. than for the state
(7% locally vs. 12% statewide).
(6) Use of cocaine in "crack" and "freebase" form was
reported hy 8% of grade 11 students and 5% of 9th graders.
Most of the crack/freebase use was confined to the "once or
twice" category. Reports of frequent use were relatively
uncommon.
Findi~?~ a~e of first use and intoxication for alcohol vs.
other drug={~we~l as the firs= substance of intoxication include
(7) For grades '7 and 9 fewer students have trie~ alcohol
by the modal age for their grade level than students
statewide, However, by age 1~ (llth grade) 87% of local
students had tried alcohol compared to 85% statewide. In
other words, local students experiment with alcohol later,
but catch up by age 16. Fewer 7th and 9th grade students ·
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report having been drunk =hanstatewide. At grade 11
slightly fewer students report at least one intoxication
experience (60% !oc~l!y vs. ~5% statewide).
(8) Fewer District students had tried drugs o~her than alcohol
at all three grades. By age 16 (llth grade) 41% had tried
drugs compared to 51% s~atewide. The same lower rates were
observed for drug intoxication, reported by 37% of llth
graders compared to 45% statewide.
(9) Irrespective of whether the substance was alcohol or other
drugs, more SUHSD students reported never having been
intoxicated (53% against 46% statewide at grade 9 and 34%
vs. 30% at grade 11).
(1O) Alcohol is much more likely to be associated with
intoxication both locally and statewide. This relation-
ship was even stronger among local students. About half
as many 9th graders locally had their first high Q~
mari~uana (7% against 14% statewide) compared a
: higher proportion of llth graders (12% vs. 1~%).
(11) Among SUHSD students, as among.California s
general, mari~uana use is as common as cicare~te
An least occasional. smoking is appraximane~as
locally as for the state as a whole..By grade ll TO% of
SUHSD students are still abstinent from ci~arett~e~
Nine percent o~ llth grade students smokes m~:e'=harx one
or two cigarettes a day compare~ to 11% sna=ewide.
(12) Smokeless tobacco and steroid use is virtually nil among
Sweetwater students.
Students reported on the number of adults they know who use
alcohol and other dru~s. This information was collected only at
grades 9 and 11.
(14) e . rs
~ow ~t lea~t Some adults who use marijuana. For cocaine.
42% of llth graders know adult users compared to 31% of 9th
graders. These rates are similar to those for California
students...In other words, by grade 11 half of the students
know adults who use marijuana and 4 out of l0 know adults
who use cocaine.
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Additiunal. findiag~. from =th~ur~ey.-a-r~ -summarized in the
following points:
(15) Social aDoroyal among peers for students who get loaded on
a~cohol_or_drugs_at_parties_cr__othelsocial occasions is
higher aT grade 11 than at grade 9. About one quarter of
ll=h grade students believe that their best friends would
"accept or join" another student who gets loaded on
illicit drugs, About half believe that their best
friends would react the same way for another student who
was drunk,
(16) Among 7th graders fewer students believe their friends
have already tried alcohol or other drugs than students
statewide (for drugs 11% locally vs. 17% statewide)'. Only
about 1 in 5 believe that their friends wi~l never use
alcohol compared to half f~r illicit drugs. Generally,
these results are similar to those for ~.
sample.
(17) Students generally see their parents as much less
to alcohol than marijuana use (~y the
difference increases with grade'level. By the
9 out of 10 students still report their parents
strongly opposed to marijuana compared to only
alcohol.
(18) Seventh grade students are less liker~t';e~ra~e ~req. uent
alcohol use as harmful than frequent. mar~j~az~a ~se.
While the percentage of "extremely harmful" ratings for
marijuana drops slightly with grade level. the Same ratings
rise somewhat for alcohol. By grade 11 45% of the students
rate frequent alcohol use as extremely harmful compared to
60% for marijuana. Only about half of llth grade students
statewide gave the same ratings to frequent marijuana use.
(19) Reports of souz~:es of knowledge about drugs reveal that,
for. i~.~three grades, school classes are most frequently
'citI ~er 60% of respondents at each grade level). Movies
~are cited by about 45% of students at e'~c~cb
grad~evel. Friends are relatively unimportant for
7th-graders (24%), but commonly named at grade ll (62%).
Own experience is infrequently cited by 7th graders and by
only 30% of llth graders (compared to 38% statewide). While
previous surveys revealed that between grades 9 and 11
students shifted from depending on school and the media for
information to depending primarily on friends, school
classes for SUHSD students remain the single most frequently
cited source of information even at grade 11.
"(20)"~oth'local!y and's=atewide sources'of druas are primarily
located within the peer network. Parties or c~her events
outside school and friends outside school are the primary
sources (cited by 6 out of 10 students in grade 11).
Dealers were named by only one third of the students even
at grade
(21) Ninth and llth grade students mainly cited social events
outside school and with friends as places where students
use drugs (half of the 9th graders and two thirds of the
llth graders). School social evenns were named by only 19%
of 9th graders and one third of the llth graders.
under half a
problems and see what it's like. These two reasons were
endorsed by 55% and 59%, respecZively, of llth gra~e~
g
Overall, the use of drugs by friends was the:must
given reason.
I.
(23') When asked abou~ reasons for no= using alu~h~ o= other
drugs, students in all three grades generally endorsed
poesibl~ negative consequences of such use, Fear/of
becoming an alcoholic. or addict was cited by 8 out.of 10
llth graders and nearly as many 7th and 9th graders.
Gettint into trouble with the oolics or school and
disaouoint 0archEs, o~hers was cited by 6 out of 10
llth graders and slightly smaller percentages at the other
two grade levels. Fear of losin~ friends was endorsed by
about half of the students at each grade level. Disauooint-
in~ 8el~,~a~i~inslc reason for abstinence, drops from
en~o~i e~h&lf =he students at grade 7 to slightly
overI~a~'=hiz~...!a= grade ~1.
(24) whether they had experienced
various outcomes of prevention education, both 9th and llth
grade studshim indicated that they had been positively
influenced by prevention classes more often than did
students statewide. Learning about the harmfulnee_ s of
alcohol and drug use was most frequently endorsed (50%
9th ~nd 60% of llth graders). Close to half of the students
at both grade levels believed that they had learned to
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· ....... ~vo~d~~r'-Teduce alcohol--and,'dl~g use. Only %bout 10% at
each grade level reported that they had no~ learned
anything in s.uch classes. About 1 in 3 at both grade levels
indicated that they were not influenced by such classes
........ 'be~ause'-they had-~iTeady decided to abstain.
(25) At bo~h grades 9 and 11 most students reported that it
~.as "fairly ea~ or "very easy" for students of their age
Slightly over half of 9th graders (54%) and almost 7 out
l0 llth graders (68%) though~ the same about obtaining
mari~uana or other drugs. Forty percen~ of the llth graders
thought ~hat alcohol was "very easy" to obtain and 37% said
the same for marijuana.
(26) Twenty-six percent of the 9th graders a~ 16% of the
~raders re~$~ed t~t they had never see~ another student
under the influence of alcohol or dr~s i~ school.
than I iA 3 students in ~rade 9 (3~%) ha~ se~ such a
studen~ once a month or more often. Fo~ive p~ce~t oi
~e .of ll~h ~rader~ gave ~e same report.
'~ey Skager, Ph.D.
.rch, ~988
DRUG FREE BILL OF RIGHTS