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| RMJL-Forum Administrator | Study: Schools Drug Test Students Despite Lack of Evidence Thurs, Aug 28, 2003 Schools are randomly drug testing students without evidence to show that drug testing actually deters student drug use, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Law and Education. The study was intended to examine the impact of the 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision which ruled in favor of allowing schools to conduct suspicionless drug testing of students participating in any extra-curricular activity. The research surveyed ten schools in a Midwestern city and found that three of the schools decided to implement suspicionless drug testing as a result of the decision. Based largely on the principals’ attitude to drug testing, all students enrolled in extra-curricular activities at the three schools were subject to random urine analysis despite the lack of evidence supporting the efficacy of drug testing. “Although intuition may suggest that testing will be a deterrent, little research has been conducted to find out if this is so,” the report suggested. “What is surprising is that only one principal (“the skeptic”) seemed at all concerned about this lack of research.” Recently, the largest nationwide study of student drug testing involving 76,000 students across the country published its results in the Journal of School Health. No difference was found between the drug use rates of students at schools that have drug testing programs and those that do not. The study points to research that demonstrates that the strongest predictor of student drug use is students’ attitudes toward drug use and perceptions of peer use. Researchers recommend that “to prevent harmful student behaviors such as drug use, school policies that address these key values, attitudes, and perceptions may prove more important in drug prevention than drug testing.” Schools should be safe and trusting learning environments - suspicionless drug testing programs makes this impossible. http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/c...u=37020&l=4437
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| Re: Study: Schools Drug Test Students Despite Lack of Evidence So if a kid smokes a joint on a Friday night, and the following Wednesday, he/she gets popped, thats OK? Even though the kid has straight A's and isn't a "burnout" he/she should get thrown out of the activity/school? How about targeting kids whose grades are falling, or skip school, or sleep in class. I see no reason to target and punish good responsible kids.
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| Re: Study: Schools Drug Test Students Despite Lack of Evidence
Innocent until proven guilty ohhahahaha! Alright, so you use the schools we pay taxes to build and put you in, then you do as we say! You want to walk on the sidewalks our taxes funded, well you have no choice then! Want to live in our country? Then you do as we say and pee in this cup! - freedom? what freedom? HAHAHHA! Oh and BigCat, this in the article is only for extra-curriculars, but some schools do entire school-wide drug testing
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| Re: Study: Schools Drug Test Students Despite Lack of Evidence
Drug use in this country is seen as a crime, so we are basically paying taxes to test if people did a crime, or defied he code of conduct, if it comes out positive, nothing happens. So basically we are throwing school money at the people who make drug testing kits, instead of... oh, I dunno a better education? At least the our money doesn't make something happen. |
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