The National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education, released some data last week that revealed a problem plaguing this nation's public schools.

It is marijuana -- the dope that can make someone a dope.

NCES published a table derived from the 2022 National Crime Victimization Survey's School Crime Supplement, which NCES cosponsors with the Bureau of Justice Statistics. This supplement, which focused on the 2021-22 school year, asked students who were 12 to 18 years old a series of questions about the availability of drugs and alcohol in school.

The survey questionnaire first notes: "The following questions pertain only to the student's attendance at a public or private school and not to being homeschooled or attending a homeschool cooperative."

It then proceeds with five yes-or-no questions, asking the students: "Is it possible for students to get any of the following while at school ..." The five items the students are then questioned about include alcoholic beverages, marijuana, opioids, other "prescription drugs illegally obtained without a prescription," and other "illegal drugs, such as cocaine, uppers, or crystal meth."

According to the table........

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