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Opponites to Mandatory Drug Testing in High Schools.

Drug Testing was made compulsory in public workplaces through the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988. Drug tests are known to discourage the use of drugs. This is because the fear of testing positive or actually testing positive deters existing and potential drug users from using drugs. As an acknowledgement to the efficacy of drug tests many other private authorities also made drug tests compulsory.

Drug testing is a huge problem in the United States as also in many other places. Drug use starts with teenagers in schools and colleges. The ploy of drug promoters is simple –catch them young and you get customers for a lifetime. The use of drugs has many consequences – immediate and long term. It seriously erodes the immunity of the user and leads to absenteeism and chronic underperformance. The user is more prone to behaving aggressively and even violently endangering those in his immediate vicinity – friends, colleagues and family. The drug user can also resort to robberies to obtain money for purchasing drugs. Drug use fuels demands for narcotics that triggers the illegal activities of the narcotics mafia and drug cartels.

Drug tests in schools are meant to nip the habit in its bud. But the issue is not that simple. Opponents of mandatory drug testing in high schools cite the invasion of privacy as the main reason for their opposition. So long as the student does not get into trouble, his habits are his own. They also feel that this step will open the floodgates for other more invasive surveillance in the future. Then again there is the issue of the efficacy of tests with prior notices. Students know how to pass saliva drug tests. This defeats the objective partially. What is more, students can fall victim to certain urban legends i.e. false techniques for passing drug tests. One such particularly lethal legend is the drinking of bleach to pass the urine test – this can even get you killed. The middle ground is to test students only if there is “ground for reasonable suspicion” on the basis of reports of fellow students, teachers and parents. This adds a bit of legitimacy to the drug test.