If there are drugs in schools, there are weapons.

Douglas Taylor, principal of St John's High School, said drugs have been an issue at every school he's worked at in every part of the city. Those schools include Kelvin high school, Grant Park high school, David Livingston (nursery to grade 8) and Andrew Mynarski VC junior high school. Teachers look the other way But there is also a perception among students of leniency when it comes to marijuana. "Sometimes it would smell really bad in the classroom," said a recent graduate. "The teachers all kind of just knew and didn't bother with it." But he challenges the students' impression that teachers are looking the other way. "The last thing to do is ignore it," said Taylor. "If they know you care, that reaches them." Students tell CBC News that kids are showing up high to class on a daily basis. "I'd say it's an everyday occurrence. You always have someone coming in high or hearing about it," said a Grade 12 student from a centrally-located school in the Winnipeg School Division. She said the kids doing the drugs aren't afraid to announce that they're high at school. Teens also told stories of students smoking so much marijuana they would vomit at school.