\u201cWe’ve come to scare you, or at least, to make you think about the dangers of certain substances.\u201d This is how Leopoldo Testa, the Deputy Commissioner of Varese, began, when talking to students at the Cairoli High School, in a meeting on addiction.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor years, we\u2019ve underestimated drugs and their effects, especially on young people of your age. And then things like that happen,\u201d Testa said, while holding up a newspaper cutting, which spoke about the case of a 15-year-old tortured by some of his peers<\/u><\/strong>. The meeting served to explain how \u201cconsumers are much younger and they already have their first experiences in middle school\u201d, and \u201cwhen certain limits are taken away, the danger is not that they might shift down<\/em> to cigarettes, but that they might shift up<\/em> to heavier drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n Precisely for these reasons, \u201cI\u2019m here to tell you that the police are present not only to repress, but also to be by your side, and be a reference point for situations of hardship or need. We\u2019ll always be here, you shouldn\u2019t be afraid of us<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n The Deputy Commissioner\u2019s audience was of children from classes 1C and 2E, who will be attending a course on legality. \u201cThe students are going to participate in a competition organised by the association Pappaluga, to create some T-shirts against violence,\u201d explained Ms Monica Ioli, the legality contact in the school. \u201cWe wanted to understand what violence among young people is, by investigating juvenile delinquency in drug use and cyberbullying,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Deputy Police Commissioner of Varese met students at the Cairoli High School. \u201cFor years, we\u2019ve underestimated the effects of soft drugs; you must be careful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1026,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[525,14307,82044,4112,89987,82043],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n