It's quite interesting to listen to the comments from students regarding drug testing at school. Marist High School has proposed mandatory drug testing, which has left many students and parents outraged. Marist, being a private school, is sticking to their statement: "It's not about getting kids in trouble, it's about the Marist family."
Some students and parents support it. They think it is great, and if the students have nothing to hide, they can prove it. Parents today would love any help they can get in raising their children. We live in a society with much temptation, it is so easy for a student to fall through the cracks. Some students really don't mind giving up a hair follicle. They think it would be great to get the drugs and users out of school. It is, after all, a learning environment and if you come to school with drugs or alcohol in your system, you take away from education, and potentially harm others.
Students are claiming it's a waste of money. Let's be honest. It's a private school - they can afford a $45 drug test with all of the tuition they are charging. Do these students really care about the money, or are they hiding something? Only they know for sure, and the test will prove it. Other students complain that it is an invasion of privacy. It;s illegal for students to use drugs or alcohol at their age, so doesn't that eliminate any privacy factor?
These drug test will check for alcohol, marijuana, ecstasy, PCP, etc. This has brought a lot of heat to the school board. Parents state they will fight it, while others back the proposal 100% What do you think?
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