'It's an Epidemic' Cleveland ISD teacher speaks on rash of overdoses

A Cleveland ISD teacher is speaking out about the drug issues plaguing the school district.

Matt Bieniek director of Communications Cleveland ISD explains "incidents" include intoxications, possessions and overdoses. "It encompasses all cases that are drug related. That means possession, that means kids that have used and kids that have used to the point of overdosing.""That's a complete undershot," they said. We asked them to estimate how many intoxications, possessions and overdoses they've seen so far this school year.

The teacher says last year vape pens were an issue, and they rarely saw opioids, but now, it seems they've taken over.videos of students overdosing in school bathrooms circulate around the internet

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