Drug Testing in Schools Beth Herrmann March 25, 2015
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Beth Herrmann March 25, 2015
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Legal Policy Ethics Effectiveness
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Supreme Court Rulings Tinker v. Des Moines School District
Vernonia School District v. Acton Board of Education v. Earls Lower
Court Rulings Gardner v. Tulia Independent School District Joy v.
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation Linke v. Northwestern School
Corporation Tannahill v. Lockney Independent School District Todd
v. Rush County Schools Trinidad School District No. 1 v. Lopez
Willis v. Anderson Community School Corp.
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Athletic and Extra-curricular participants Can be Drug Tested
Co-Curricular activity participants cannot be tested School should
be able to demonstrate a drug problem Scope of Suspicionless
testing programs should be limited Students having discipline
problems cannot be tested unless there is reasonable suspicion of
substance abuse
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EQUAL RESPECT OF PERSONS BENEFIT MAXIMIZATION
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2013 NIDA-funded study found associations between random and
for cause drug testing and use of drugs. Another study found that
school climate was associated with lower drug use and that drug
testing did not improve drug use outcomes. A 2012 study found that
students subject to mandatory random drug tests reported less
substance abuse than students in schools without testing Another
2012 study found drug testing was an effective deterrent against
drug use in females students in schools with positive climates An
NIDA funded study in 2012 showed little empirical evidence
supporting the efficacy of random student drug testing An NIDA
funded study in 2007 found that student athletes who participated
in random drug testing had overall rates of drug use similar to
students who did were not subject to testing.
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Average drug test costs between $15 and $35. 14 percent of
schools had drug testing policies in 2008 testing athletes and
students in extracurricular activities. tested all students.
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Facts & Statistics on Random Drug Testing of High School
Students. (n.d.). Retrieved March 13, 2015, from
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and Attorneys - FindLaw. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2015, from
http://www.findlaw.com/ McIlmoyle, W. (2002, January 1). Random
Drug Tests for High School Athletes. Retrieved March 11, 2015, from
http://www.newfoundations.comhttp://www.newfoundations.com National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2015,
from http://www.drugabuse.gov Student Drug Testing: Relevant Case
Law. (2002, October 21). Retrieved March 11, 2015, from
http://www.aclu.org