Jamaica school drug incidents triple; all 2025 youth murder victims were dropouts

Jamaica's Assistant Commissioner of Police reports school drug incidents more than tripled despite an overall decline in offences, and links dropout status to criminality, noting every murder victim aged 18 or younger in 2025 had left school. The claim is a police statement, not yet independently verified, and the causal link between dropout and crime is asserted rather than proven. This signals a potential rise in youth drug activity and a public-safety concern tied to education policy.