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Making Sense of Student Drug Testing. Part IV
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Parents
Many parents oppose drug testing for the same reasons as school
personnel and administrators. In addition, some parents believe
that schools are misappropriating their roles when they initiate
drug testing programs. They believe that it is the role of parents,
not schools, to make decisions about their children’s health.
State Governments
In 2003, several state legislatures opposed student drug testing
after hearing community and experts’ concerns about privacy,
confidentiality, potential liability, and overall effectiveness. For
example, the Hawaii legislature tabled a bill that would establish a
drug testing pilot program at several public high schools. In
Louisiana, a bill that would have mandated drug testing state
scholarship recipients was defeated.
Most Schools Say No to Drug Testing
A national survey of schools conducted six years
after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld drug testing
for school athletes found that:
• 95% of schools do not randomly drug test
student athletes.
• No public school district randomly drug tests
all of its students.
• None of the ten largest U.S. school systems
randomly drug test their students.
DRUG TESTING HAS A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON THE CLASSROOM
Drug testing can undermine student-teacher relationships by
pitting students against the teachers and coaches who test
them, eroding trust, and leaving students feeling ashamed
and resentful.
As educators know, student-teacher trust helps create an
atmosphere in which students can address their fears and
concerns, both about drug use itself and the issues in their
lives that can lead to drug use, including depression, anxiety,
peer pressure, and unstable family lives. Trust is jeopardized
if teachers act as confidants in some circumstances
but as police in others.
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