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Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, April 21, 1996 TAG: 9604220067
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
SOURCE: Associated Press
For the third straight year, drug arrests rose in 1994 on American college campuses, according to a new survey.
Results being released today by The Chronicle of Higher Education revealed 6,138 drug violations - 23 percent more than in 1993. This follows increases of 34 percent in 1993 and 46 percent in 1992.
Alcohol contributed to even more arrests. There were 15,923 liquor-related offenses in 1994, up 5.6 percent from 1993.
Drug arrests are up partly because more private colleges are gaining arresting authority for their campus law enforcement officers, says Douglas F. Tuttle, public safety director at the University of Delaware and president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.
Also, increased awareness about drug and alcohol abuse has led to more tips to campus police departments, he says.
``In our case, we're doing more training with the residence hall staffs so they know what to look for - know what the smell [of marijuana] really is,'' Tuttle said. ``I think they realize to a greater extent that drugs and alcohol bring with them other problems.
``Any time you have a major amount of drugs, you have the potential for lots of money and a robbery. And you don't want outsiders coming in looking for a good time.''
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