# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRcmTMRkn-R
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-24T17:01:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

Educators and addiction experts across Long Island say that with the legalization of marijuana, vaping among adolescents has become a concerning trend. The problem, which one educator likened to an “epidemic,” has led some schools to install vape-detection systems, while others have stepped up efforts to educate students on the dangers of substance abuse and to provide counseling to students caught with a controlled substance. 

State data shows there was a 35% increase in the number of drug possession cases at Island schools in 2023-24 compared with a decade prior. At the same time, schools saw a dramatic decline in cases of alcohol possession, from 236 in 2013-14 to 89 in 2023-24. 

Read the full investigation at the link in bio. (Photo: Getty Images) 
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