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27 <br />State surveys indicate that students use alcohol and <br />tobacco at..high rates, with parents consistently under- <br />estimating the potential for their children's involvement <br />with drugs. <br />Twenty percent of all students in Chapel Hill - Carrboro <br />schools are projected to have or develop a problem with <br />chemical dependency serious enough to warrant intervention. <br />Of the 49 recommendations made by the Task Force on <br />Reducing Violent Crime, fifteen centered around increasing, <br />enhancing, or targeting human services for teens. <br />School and leisure -time places are identified as being <br />the location for alcohol and drug trafficking, abuse, and <br />rape. Authorities and youth point to easy access to <br />alcohol, parental negligence, and unenforced laws and <br />standards of conduct as the major contributing factors. <br />(Source: Report of the Task Force on Reducing Violent <br />Crime and Illegal Drug Use) <br />