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Published: 27.01.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Drug Testing', 1.
  • Essays 'Drug Testing', 2.
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Against Drug Testing of Student Athletes
Nothing in the Constitution allows random urinalysis testing for students participating in interscholastic athletics. Such testing of students has not been proven beneficial to the students or the sports programs. More and more schools are testing student athletes for drug use, and so far, they are divided on the question of when and why schools may test student athletes for drugs. Laws vary from state to state, in part because some state constitutions provide more protection than others do for students' privacy rights (ACLU, 2003). …

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