A recent survey conducted in one North American city revealed widespread concern about the problems faced by teenagers today  Seventy percent of the adults surveyed said they would pay higher taxes for drug treatment programs, and 60 percent said they were willing to pay higher taxes to improve the city' s schools
Yet in a vote in that same city, a proposition to increase funding for schools by raising taxes failed by a narrow margin to win majority approval
A proposition for increasing funds for local drug treatment centers also failed to win approval.