Posted on 06/27/2002 7:07:44 AM PDT by RCW2001
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/06/27/national1005EDT0546.DTL
(06-27) 07:05 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --
The Supreme Court approved random drug tests for many public high school students Thursday, ruling that schools' interest in ridding their campuses of drugs outweighs an individual's right to privacy.
The 5-4 decision would allow the broadest drug testing the court has yet permitted for young people whom authorities have no particular reason to suspect of wrongdoing. It applies to students who join competitive after-school activities or teams, a category that includes many if not most middle-school and high-school students.
Previously these tests had been allowed only for student athletes.
©2002 Associated Press
Convicted criminals, currently encarcerated, have the OPTION of having their blood taken... but high school kids, under NO suspicion, have to pee in cups? We're really starting to destroy our country, folks.
"In the laaaand of the Freeeee! And the home.... of the.... braaaaaave!" (now go pee in a cup for me, Johnny).
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