Drug Testing for Students: Ensuring a Safer and Healthier Community

that a parent is no longer fit to raise the child.

It is also important to note that any decision made by the court is not always permanent, and there are conditions courts will agree to which can lead to reinstating a parent’s custody rights. (Addiction Campuses Editorial Team) Also, The ACLU is at the forefront of the fight to stop unconstitutional drug testing of students. 'First, schools wanted to test student athletes, then it was students in extracurricular activities, and now it's students competing in quiz bowls and performing in choir -- where does it end?' said Graham Boyd, Director of the ACLU's Drug Policy Litigation Project and lead counsel for the students in Board of Education v. Earls. 'The district's drug testing policy is more about symbolism than substance,' he added. 'Tecumseh officials initiated urine testing without any evidence of a drug problem at the school and at a time when government reports show that teen drug use is on the decline nationally.'The ACLU believes student drug testing policies to be both invasive and counter-productive.

Involvement in extracurricular activities has been shown to be one of the most sure-fire ways to keep kids out of trouble. Additionally, the ACLU is against unconstitutional student drug testing. Most tests are very accurate and are 90 over 100 percentile in accuracy. No drug test of this type is 100% accurate.

There are several factors that can make the test results negative even though the person is abusing drugs. ... If you get a negative test result, but still suspect that someone is abusing drugs, you can test again at a later time.