"Abdullah Sarouji, executive director of the Society to Combat Smoking and Drug Abuse, said its field studies affirmed that the drug pushers keep on trying to win more addicts by giving samples to students," Arab News reported. "Sarouji warned parents and teachers that if any student shows a tendency to smoke heavily during the examination season he might drift toward drug habits."
According to Abdul Llah Al-Sharif, assistant director of preventative medicine at the Anti-Narcotics Department, many students are under extreme pressure often from families to do well on exams. Saudi border guards have foiled several attempts to smuggle stimulant medications across into their country.
Government officials estimate they have prevented more than five million pills from illegally coming into the country in the past year.
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