Random Drug Testing – Student Opinions
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What is your opinion on random, mandatory drug testing of students? | Do you think such a program violates students’ rights? | Do you think this program should be introduced at Walker? | |
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It is legit. It is helpful for the community |
Yes and no. Yes because it violates space and privacy. |
No, because there is trust in the community and there is an honor code and by introducing such programs could effect the reputation of the community. |
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I think it is acceptable because i have nothing to hide. i like it because it keeps our school in good shape and morally straight |
No. When you bring substances onto campus, you have violated the law. By stepping onto campus you are signing your name to the Walker rules and how ever Walker wants to function. |
YES! I do not want drugs on campus. nuff said. |
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I don’t care. I don’t do drugs so there’s no need to worry |
no, if students are doing illegal drungs, then they should be caught |
i think it’d be intertaining (if thats the word) but i wouldnt mind either way |
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I don’t really care one way or another because I know that it will not effect me or any of my friends. |
No, I think that if you are on school grounds the administraters have every right to keep their school safe by making sure everyone is drug free. |
Don’t care, but the drug dogs were thrown out because of budget cuts, so wouldn’t this be just as expensive? |
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Wow, might as well just throw about the honor code. I don’t do drugs, so it isnt about that. But do not expect me to respect the honor code if the administration wont. |
Yes, first of all, Walker’s tuition is getting larger every year, and were not seeing any results. If they put this into their school, parents will be pulling out like crazy. |
No, its about as invasive as Walker could be. |
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Shouldn’t be allowed. |
Yes! You need a cause to drug test people not just cause other schools like Woodward are doing it |
No we already have the drug dogs I see no reason for a drug test and without parental consent it shouldn’t be done. If drugs are done outside of school then a student who is drug tested at school shouldn’t be penalized by the school because its not school related. |
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I think that random drug testing would be a great way to help rid the school of certain types of drugs. However, a lot of drugs are undetectable soon after use, so I’m not sure how affective it would be. |
Yes it does | No we already have the drug dogs I see no reason for a drug test and without parental consent it shouldn’t be done. If drugs are done outside of school then a student who is drug tested at school shouldn’t be penalized by the school because its not school related. |
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I think that random drug testing would be a great way to help rid the school of certain types of drugs. However, a lot of drugs are undetectable soon after use, so I’m not sure how affective it would be. |
Yes it does | I do not think so, because the angry response to it would not be worth the slight benefit. Drug dogs are more effective. |
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it is absolutely rediculous |
yes, the school has no right drug testing the students. it is there decision what they want to do outside of school |
no, it is an invasion of a students privacy |
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If there is a drug problem and the teachers, or staff are finding many students doing drugs it may be reasonable. There should be a brief meeting if this happens to tell students how and when they will be conducted. | Not if the students are informed when and how they are conducted, not just randomly testing us. This school has some control of our actions, but not all of them. I also believe that there would be some biases if this did occur, and someone got caught, which is the main reason I do not support it. | With the drug dogs i believe the line should be drawn, it is getting to the point of questioning the people of the body, and is ridiculous. | |
its great people should not do drugs | yes because the school does not have that right | thats hard to answer | |
I think it would be completely necessary. It’s illegal and only a fraction of us are old enough to smoke cigarrettes. Let’s set a good example for the younger grades and not do stupid illegal things. | No, because it’s to weed out those of us who are doing illegal things like smoking, drinking, and doing whatever kinds of drugs are available to kids these days. Hardly any of us are even 18, so none of us can evensmokeatthis time in our lives. What kids are doing is illegal and it needs to be stopped. Sometimes people don’t realize what they’re doing is stupid until they get caught and rightly punished. | I think it would be wonderful. If it’s illegal, get rid of the ones doing it and send them to jail. | |
It would definitely keep students from bringing drugs to school or using them beforehand. I believe that most students feel that they are not trusted and that the honor code would become a waste of time. Signing the honor code has quite a significant value and students would be disturbed knowing that even though they pledged they would not violate school rules, that administration and faculty will still not trust them. | Students have the right to be trusted by following the rules of the honor code, the drug dogs put some students over the edge, I believe installing this program would be too much. | I say no, only because students will feel like they are under constant surveillance and faculty are just waiting for them to make a mistake. The honor code will not feel as important if there is not that sense of trust in our school community. | |
While the threat of mandatory drug testing may scare some students into refusing to do drugs, I cannot agree with it. Brings drugs onto campus is one thing, but doing drugs outside of campus is another story. It is not something the school should be involved in unless offenses involving drugs occur directly on campus. | I do feel that implementing a program such as this would be a violation of student’s rights. Drugs use, and sometimes the abuse of drugs, is a very personal matter, and should be dealt with by the individual and his/her family members. I do not think the school should become involved unless the individual brings drugs onto campus, is seen doing drugs on camps, or is caught distributing the drugs to other students on campus. Even in the aftermath of these scenarios, once the school delivers its punishment to the individual, I think any remaining problems should be dealt with by family members of the individual. | I do not think such a program should be implemented on campus. The threat of drug tests may scare or deter students from doing drugs, but I feel that the fear of drug tests will be short lived. Students don’t seem to take those threats seriously, and can easily abuse drug programs implemented by the school. We don’t see the drug dogs coming onto campus anymore. Why should we implement another system dedicated to preventing drug use if we have already abandoned that one? | |
I do not support the random drug testing of students as it intrudes on their rights to privacy and personal dignity. Unless the school is a designated correctional facility, it has no business acting as an arm of the law and committing random searches and seizures that present no immediate threat to the school’s safety or the safety of the students. | Yes. Students have a right to privacy which the school must respect. See other answers. | No. Drug testing should not be enacted en masse at Walker because that’s the responsibility of the parents. Why doesn’t Walker vaccinate it’s students then? Why not administer pregnancy tests? Because students demand and rightfully deserve a degree of privacy which the school must respect. Unless it presents an immediate threat to the safety of the school/student body, drug tests should not be administered at Walker. | |
I would not be opposed to it because I do nothing wrong, but it would make me sad if we needed to do that. It’s a breach of trust between the teachers and students. | I’m not sure what I think about this part. | I don’t think that this should be introduced at Walker because the problem only occurs within a handful of people. It would be sad if we all had to participate. | |
Fine by me, we pay for a safe enviorment and that’s what we should recieve | No, we gave up our rights when we decided to attend Walker | I wouldn’t mind it, it helps us bond as a Name (OPTIONAL) Do you think such a program violates students’ rights? Explain. What is your opinion on random, mandatory drug testing of students? 10/23/2012 19:23: 15 community and stand out among other schools |
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That is completely ridiculous. I don’t do drugs, but I think that is a complete invasion of privacy to have mandatory drug testing of high schoolers. I think that what occurs off campus (drugs or otherwise) is none of the school’s business. If drugs are found on campus, then action should be taken. | I think this program violates students’ rights. Students come to Walker to learn. Walker has no business what students do outside of Walker. Drug testing on campus is a violation of student rights and an attempt to find out information about students’ off campus life. | I do not think this program should be implemented at Walker. Not only would it take time away from class/learning, it would also cause a LOT of unnecessary drama. Remember the first time the drug dogs came to Walker? Remember how much drama/tweets were about the drug dogs? Just imagine the out roar over drug tests. | |
It should not happen without probable cause | At school – yes | NO, because as long as kids aren’t doing it on campus or bringing it to school the school has no grounds to controll what students choose to do outside of school. | |
I believe that random drug tests in high schools should be allowed. No matter what people say, kids will always make bad choices, and I think that people should be able to prevent those bad choices by doing drug tests. | It does not violate student rights. If students are making bad choices, I believe that others should have the right to intervene. | Yes. I believe that many children who are putting their lives on the line by making bad choices could and should be helped by the Walker staff. |