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    • Late 1980s

      • Mandatory drug testing in public schools is a relatively newer issue for the law. This was introduced during the late 1980s and expanded over the next decade.
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  2. Prevalence of Student Drug Use Testing Programs in the US. "For 1998 to 2011 combined, 14% of middle and 28% of high school students attended schools with any SDT; rates for for-cause testing were 10% and 22%, and for any random testing were 6% and 10% (see Table 1).

  3. Nov 2, 2016 · In the 1970s, the US government decided to take action against the drug problem in this country. Learn more about the history of drug testing at National Drug Screening!

  4. Mar 11, 2024 · The United States Supreme Court long ago determined that drug-testing protocols adopted by public school districts do constitute a Fourth Amendment “search and seizure.” Therefore, the justification for such a search must be obvious, compelling and related to a sound and constitutionally acceptable justification of using this power.

  5. By the mid-1970s, the field of drug testing had begun to take root, as many young Americans, both military and civilian, experimented with illegal drugs such as marijuana (tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC), lysergic acid diethyl-amide (LSD), and cocaine.

    • Lawrence A. Reynolds
    • 2005
  6. Apr 1, 2015 · More than 15 years ago, the US Supreme Court established the legality of school-based drug testing for students who participate in sports (Vernonia School District v Acton [1995]) and more recently for all students who participate in extracurricular activities (Earls v Tecumseh School District [2002]), although the evidence presented in these ...

    • Sharon Levy, Miriam Schizer
    • 2015
  7. May 10, 2023 · According to USLegal.com, drug testing in public schools did not begin to make an appearance until sometime in the 1980s. At that time, some public high schools began performing drug testing on student athletes – a practice that was already carried out by college and professional sports teams.

  8. In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (Vernonia v Acton [515 US 646]) that random drug testing of high school athletes was constitutional and, in June 2002, the Court went further in a 5-to-4 decision and ruled that public schools have the authority to perform random drug tests on all middle and high school students participating in ...

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