School drug tests

R. Yamaguchi, L. D. Johnston, E M. O Malley, 2003- The relationship between student illicit drug use and school drug-testing policies. Journal of School Health ly. 

Given the nationwide epidemic of drug use, and the evidence of increased drug use in Tecumseh schools, it was entirely reasonable for the School District to enact this particular drug testing policy. ... 

In Veronia School District v. Acton, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that schools compelling interest in reducing drug use justified administering drug tests to student athletes. 

Irons, Peter, ed. May It Please the Court Courts, Kids, and the Constitution. New York New Press, 2000. Focusing on Supreme Court cases involving students, teachers, and schools, this set includes cassette tapes with actual oral arguments heard before the Supreme Court, with commentary to put it in context. Issues in these cases include drug testing in schools, as well as broader privacy and Fifth Amendment issues that come into play as schools attempt to detect and control drug use. 

This section includes works dealing with drug testing and other issues relating to drugs in the schools, in athletics, and in the workplace. 

Jones, Eliot. Drug Testing in Schools. International Debate Education Association. Available online. URL http //www.debatabase.org/details. 

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In the early 1960s, drug companies began to lobby for government indemnity for the vaccines they developed, tested, and produced. Because so many people are vaccinated at one time, particularly school-age children, ADRs from a vaccine can carry considerable liability. As more diseases have become vaccine-preventable, more ADRs have been reported. In 1974, impetus for indemnity increased when the courts upheld a jury verdict of 200,000 for a child who developed polio from the Sabin live-polio vaccine. ... 

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