There should be mandatory drug testing for participation ...
There should be mandatory drug testing for participation in extracurricular activities
Key Terms Sources
Fourth Amendment Education Week
Privacy
Deterrence Salon
Unconstitutional
Fact Set
• In a government survey conducted in 2000, 54% of high school seniors reported some illegal drug use in their lifetime and 25 percent said they had used illegal drugs in the last month.
• Drug tests cost nearly $25 per student. To test enough students to make the tests an effective deterrent would require testing hundreds of students over the course of a year at many high schools.
• In 2002 the Supreme Court upheld an Oklahoma school district’s policy of drug testing for participation in extracurricular activities.
• According to data collected from 1999-2002, about 5 percent of schools nationwide have required drug tests for athletes, while about 2 percent have tested students in other extracurricular activities.
Arguments in favor of mandatory drug testing
• Drugs are dangerous for students. Testing students allows parents and school officials to help get students into rehabilitation programs or deter them from using drugs at all.
• Extracurricular programs are voluntary. Students that do not want to subject themselves to testing do not have to join activities.
• Drug testing gives students who do not want to use drugs an excuse to avoid peer pressure to try drugs.
Arguments against mandatory drug testing
• Extracurricular programs actually discourage drug use. Schools should not block students’ participation in extracurricular activities by engaging in drug testing.
• Drug testing violates students’ privacy and creates an atmosphere of hostility between administrators and students.
• Drug testing is expensive and not always reliable.
• Drug testing may cause students to use drugs like alcohol which are not caught by drug tests.
There should be mandatory drug testing for participation in extracurricular activities
Key Terms Sources
Fourth Amendment Education Week
Privacy
Deterrence Salon
Unconstitutional
Fact Set
• In a government survey conducted in 2000, 54% of high school seniors reported some illegal drug use in their lifetime and 25 percent said they had used illegal drugs in the last month.
• Drug tests cost nearly $25 per student. To test enough students to make the tests an effective deterrent would require testing hundreds of students over the course of a year at many high schools.
• In 2002 the Supreme Court upheld an Oklahoma school district’s policy of drug testing for participation in extracurricular activities.
• According to data collected from 1999-2002, about 5 percent of schools nationwide have required drug tests for athletes, while about 2 percent have tested students in other extracurricular activities.
Discussion Questions
• Why is privacy important?
• What does it mean when the Supreme Court says that a practice is constitutional?
• Why did the Supreme Court say that random drug testing for participation in extracurricular activities was constitutional?
• Why do students use drugs?
• Would drug testing reduce drug use among students?
• Would this drug testing increase or decrease participation in extracurricular activities? Why?
• Does mandatory drug testing invade privacy too much?
• When should we balance privacy with other social concerns, like keeping students from using drugs?
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