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Making Sense of Student Drug Testing. Part III
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Experts
“Social workers, concerned with a child’s wellbeing,
question whether [drug testing] will do
more harm than good…What is most effective in
keeping kids away from drugs and alcohol are
substance abuse prevention programs based on
scientific research.”
– Elizabeth J. Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH
Executive Director of the National Association of Social Workers
In regards to drug testing, “what was once a tool to
help physicians diagnose and treat substance
abuse has been extended for non-medical uses…
This testing, however has been frequently
mistaken as the method, rather than as an aide, for
detecting substance abuse.”
– Policy Statement of the American Academy
of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The Oklahoma policy “falls short doubly if deterrence
is its aim: It invades the privacy of students
who need deterrence least, and risks steering
students at greater risk for substance abuse away
from extracurricular involvement that potentially
may palliate drug problems.”
– Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s
Dissenting Opinion in the Earls Decision
Physicians, social workers, substance abuse treatment providers,
and child advocates agree that student drug testing cannot
replace pragmatic drug prevention measures, such as after
school activities. Many prominent national organizations representing
these groups have come forward and opposed drug testing programs in court. These groups include the American
Academy of Pediatrics, the National Education Association, the
American Public Health Association, the National Association of
Social Workers, and the National Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Dependence. These experts stated: “Our experience – and
a broad body of relevant research – convinces us that a policy
of [random student drug testing] cannot work in the way it is
hoped to and will, for many adolescents, interfere with more
sound prevention and treatment processes.”
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