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Students Tested for Drugs?

Do you think students should be regularly tested for illegal drugs in order to pin point troublemakers?

STUDENT DRUG TESTING DEBATED

Student drug testing seems like a good idea to some Utah school districts and their communities. But a new national study has found such testing doesn't deter student drug use. And the national American Civil Liberties Union is calling for schools to halt random drug testing.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...35481%2C00.html

Drugs Tested Students

Martin Fishbein an American researcher saod anti-drug campaigns and drug testing could actually make more kids try drugs. The more they think that other people are using drugs, they think the more they see the ads the more common drugs are being used.

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Though i'd bring this thread to the top again..

In my personal opinion. Random Drug Testing is wrong. It's an invasion of privacy. A permit is needed for the police to search a persons house, and cause is needed to get said permit, so why is it right to invade a person's body because they're "innocent until proven guilty"

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Well, its technically not an invasion of privacy if the kids have it on school property. They are banned substances so they should be checked for em.

Drugs Tested Students

Like I said above Random Drug Testing (RDT) is borderline Unconstitutional. It violates the right to be "innocent until proven guilty," or if you prefer, it goes against legal search and seizure procedures. anyways the article refers to a place in the US(only) Which its a whole different situation...

Students Tested for Drugs?

SASK. LAW WOULD FORCE DRUG-ADDICTED TEENS INTO DETOX

Saskatchewan is pushing ahead with legislation that would let parents force their drug-addicted teenagers into detoxification centres.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...tox-051122.html