Drugs

by Noel Merino (Editor)

Overview

This collection of essays focuses on the perceived and actual legal rights and freedoms relating to drug testing and teenagers. Whether it's testing school athletes for illegal enhancement drugs or testing teens for party drugs, readers will evaluate both sides of each topic, and what is legal and what is not. Primary and secondary sources include essays from the Office of National Drug Control Policy and reports on Supreme Court decisions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737769982
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	12/09/2014
Series:	Teen Rights and Freedoms Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Introduction 4

Chronology 7

1 Student Fourth Amendment Rights Are More Limited than Those of Adults Richard Fossey 9

2 Student Drug Testing Has Constitutional Limits Patrick D. Pauken 18

3 Public Schools May Search Students in Order to Maintain Discipline: The Supreme Court's Decision Byron White 24

4 Schools May Test Student Athletes for Drugs: The Supreme Court's Decision Antonin Scalia 34

5 Schools May Test Students Involved in Extracurricular Activities for Drugs: The Supreme Court's Decision Clarence Thomas 45

6 The Supreme Court's Ruling in Earls Teaches Students the Wrong Leson Richard Glen Boire 56

7 The Lawyer for the Earls Defendant Laments the Court's Decision: Personal Narrative Graham Boyd, as told to Janelle Brown 62

8 Student Drug Testing Con Be a Component of Drug Use Prevention: National Institute on Drug Abuse 70

9 Court Gives School Drug-Testing an A Craig M. Bradley 77

10 Drug Testing Student Athletes Can Be Beneficial Robert A. Stinchcomb 84

11 Random Drug Testing of Students Violates Their State Privacy Rights: The Washington Supreme Court's Decision Richard B. Sanders 95

12 No Evidence Supports the Efficacy of Random Student Drug Testing Oscar G. Bukstein 107

13 Educators Believe Random Student Drug Testing Has Benefits: Office of National Drug Control Policy 113

14 Schools That Conduct Unwarranted Student Searches Violate Student's Rights: The Supreme Court's Decision David Souter 118

15 The Student Plaintiff in Redding Describes Her Search by School Officials: Personal Narrative Savana Redding 128

Organizations to Contact 133

For Further Reading 138

Index 141