The Superintendent for the Seine River School Division says they have increased social work at College Lorette Collegiate in order help tackle a drug problem. 

Mike Borgfjord notes they met with the RCMP before the Christmas break to come up with strategies to combat the issue. He notes one measure was to increase social work at the school to full-time to provide extra support for students who are struggling.

Borgfjord says the most common drugs they have been dealing with are marijuana, molly and occasionally cocaine. He adds a big part of improving the situation is education and sharing information as a community. 

"The school has been working proactively to make sure there is good education for students about drug awareness and being very proactive involving the RCMP and other community agencies just to have those conversations with kids," adds the Superintendent. 

Borgfjord says they have made some progress but are continuing to work with outside organizations such as the TJ Wiebe foundation, the RCMP and others to ensure they don't have a larger problem down the road.

"I think definitely the RCMP would always say it's a challenge with staffing but I think we've been happy that they have been open to work with us."

He adds unfortunately, these are challenges many teenagers are faced with but adds they are doing the best they can to stay on top of the problem.