Schools do not have the right to drug test students.
...ased upon the opinion of one person, which could very well be biased. The accused student is inspected by the school nurse to ensure that he or she is not in danger of an overdose. Any registered nurse should be able to tell whether or not a person is under the influence at the time of the accused moment. If these supposed symptoms were so easily detectable to someone else in the school with no medical training the school nurse would be able to state whether or not the student is under the influence. The school automatically sends us to a hospital to be drug tested and this violates the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution which states that “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the papers and things to be seized.” Once a school nurse has examined the accused student they should have the opinion of weather or not a student is under the influence and should be sent to the hospital for a drug test. The main justification of this policy is that if a student is innocent the drug test will come back negative. Most abused substances take days or even weeks to exit the body, and a drug test cannot prove or disprove the sobriety of the student at the time of the accusation. It is not the place of the school to punish individuals for behaviors that are not exercised during or on school grounds. A positive drug screening does not necessarily indicate intoxication in the school, as he or she is being accused of. Fairness and ju...