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Drug testing in schools?!
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Just wondered if people thought this was a good idea.................?
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Knowing they could be excluded isnt going to stop many teens doing drugs, teens think that theyre unbeatable. I know, i was one of them, still am i guess.
So, they get tested, found positive and thrown out of school so have nothing.
Doing random drugs searches in bags or lockers i have no problem with. But tests i am against.
I have mentioned it before but, the gulf between the current young drug users and the police is deeply concerning for the social make up of 5-10 years time. This will make it 100's of times worse, sniffer dogs in schools for gods sake!
This money should be spent on drugs education, this is politics by Tabloid, truely sickening.
Heres the story from the BBC, it mentions that a Government grant for drugs education has just been cancelled and now they bring this in.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3511611.stm
Say there's someone who gets good grades but everynight has a smoke after their work and some weekends takes ecstacy or some other drug then gets tested in school and these drugs turn up in their system, they are fucked, expelled and for what? enjoying themselves at the weekend.
If a student is caught in school stoned or smoking a joint then the school should have the option to drug test the pupil or not, but not random drug tests.
theyre saying "right lets test all the kids in school".....and if your in school then your below 16 right? ....it was my understanding that no one can do anything to a "child" under 16 without parents permission....i mean, all sorts of things need your parents permission when your below 16....so how exactly are these random tests gonna be carried out?...if they have to ask your parents first it aint random......plus, even if they dont need your parents permission, isnt this like an infringement on some kind of basic right to privacy or sumthing?
i agree with the searching of schools etc....i mean if your dumb enough to have anything on you/be taking something on school grounds, then you kinda deserve to be bollocked......but as for testing ppl , that just aint right...
So it will have to be done on the teachers perception of drug users, Hmmm, do think maybe racism and sterotyping might come into that?!
If a student is not doing well in their studies then you need to sit them down by themselves and ask them what is up. Ask them how the school can help and then try and give them that help. If they are having problems with drugs then HELP them with that, dont just bloody exclude them.
Remember what random drug tests did in prisons? -> stop people smoking pot (in your blood for a month +) and start them taking smack (in your blood for 48 hours).
Now, random drug tests for the teachers... there may be something in that....
Drug problems can cause risk not only to the person using them, but to the teachers and other students who could suffer from a violent streak.
Good Idea IMO - it wont happen though.