Drug Testing in Schools? TOO FAR

I was scanning for possible blog entries and came across a very disturbing article. It seems that drug testing is becoming more popular in public high schools. Currently, most schools are adopting a system that tests students that they suspect of drug use. This is disturbing with itself, but what I found really upsetting was the fact that schools are now trying to adopt a system where any student came be tested randomly. In schools, they are making it mandatory that if you sign up for a club, sport, or even parking pass you are also agreeing to be part of a randomly tested group of kids that is picked from weekly.

I have no idea how this can possibly be allowed in schools. The school has absolutely no right to test me, merely because my name was randomly selected that week. It’s a violation of the fourth amendment. End of discussion. I just don't see how students have risen up against this system yet. It's obvious to me, that a coup would be staged if Tech High ever tried to adopt this system.

I am all for making sure that a student body is clean, but they aren't even testing for the most used drug. In high schools today, the most commonly used drug is alcohol. These tests that they are trying to conduct only test for marijuana, methamphetamines, and cocaine. If you want to actually make the test useful, why aren’t you testing for something that might actually do some good? Honestly, most public school systems don’t know how to make smart decisions.

On top of it being completely wrong, this is also costing the districts a large sum of money. Why not spend the money on something useful? Maybe start an art program or create a new project that will keep the kids focused on something besides drugs? I mean, that idea only makes sense…