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Drug Testing For School Extracurricular Activities - College Paper

Drug Testing For School Extracurricular Activities

Over the past few years there has been debate about drug and alcohol testing for students taking extracurricular activities. Most debates are based on the constitutionality of the testing, but other debates are specified to which types of programs are constitutional. I believe that drug testing in certain types of extracurricular activities is unconstitutional. I also believe some of the portions of existing policies in schools around the nation are unconstitutional.
“In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not posses absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are ‘persons’ under the ...

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liberty, or property...” This means that the fourth amendment completely applies to a student.
The fourth amendment declares that the school cannot search a person or seize his/her property without reasonable cause. Each individual has these rights. This means that if some students are suspected of using drugs, the school does not have the right to search all students. So, if a coach believes he/she saw you using drugs or had “an oath or affirmation” (4th amendment) from an outside source, he/she has the right to search/test you. It is unconstitutional if a coach heard that some of his/her players are using drugs, and he/she searches all members of the team.
A Supreme Court decision in 1995 in a case called Vernonia v. Acton said that student athletes can be tested for drugs because athletic programs are voluntary, and drugs have been proven to increase the injury of the individual players and other players. This is constitutional because, as a minor, the state has custody of a ...

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Added: 5/16/2006 11:02:32 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 859
Pages: 4

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