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Sniffing students for drugs.
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The Midlands school district is using dogs to sniff students for drugs. I don't use drugs. I have sat and talking with people when they were smoking something.
Somehow this seems a violation of student rights...the big deal on the education side, i think that was her title, said she was going to rid the school of drugs.
Why do we think?
Somehow this seems a violation of student rights...the big deal on the education side, i think that was her title, said she was going to rid the school of drugs.
Why do we think?
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They are now being seen to do something to cut drug use in the school.
Whatever views many will have, a lot of parents will still not what to expose their offspring to illegal drugs.
*note sarcasm*
by all means keep drugs out of schools and this will deter kids taking them into school. they will stash it in a hedge instead.
it will help keep skool clean. it won't stop kids having a spliff.
it's sad that children should be doing it anyway. save it till later kids.
Now drugs are everywhere, kids grow up with it so they dont know anything else. I think its good that they are checking for drugs in school, maybe more checks should be made where kids congregate then them arseholes called pushers might get fed up of trying to flog drugs where the younsters are. Mind I suppose what happens is they just move on somewhere else, so its a vicious circle really.
Or how it infringes on "student rights"?
I can see the point but this sort of thing has to be coupled with a massive amount of education for kids about the dangers of using drugs.
No it doesn't any more than Customs and immigration checks do, or random police checks.
What it does is put a barrier in the way of people who want to take drugs into the school. Basically I have to ask, if you aren't doing anything illegal, why are you concerned.
You are talking about an enclosed environment in which you are only granted access by permission of the Head Teacher, so why shouldn't she take steps to keep out people committing an illegal act?
I was perhaps a little over-zealous with my argument before, but still I have to ask, isn't this line of thinking a little too spooky-big-brotherish?
Ah well. I suppose that the rights to individual freedoms have never really applied to children under 18...
if you knew your kids were getting access to whisky in school you'd be outraged. same with drugs.
Drugs arn't 'pushed' they're 'pulled'.
Where have you got this pictrue of a sterotypical 'pusher' from? The papers? TV? The governemnt? Parents? Do you really think that people stand at the gates of schools handing out heroin for free trying to get them hooked as customers ...I'm sorry but it doesn't work like that!
Generally dealers don't target people, they don't need to. In my experience drugs reach kids through their mates and older siblings.
As for sniffer dogs in school, personally I think it's a good idea. Kids are there to learn that speed's measured in mph rather than grams! I wouldn't have a problem if my employee got soem sniffers in at work, and that's because there's a time and a place for everything. Drugs shouldn't be in our schools.
I can't see them doing this in uni's and colleges though!
Can I follow you round 24 hours a day videoing every action you take?
If your doing nothing wrong surely you wouldnt mind.
We already have internment in this country. A right to trial? Hmm I think not if you look muslim.