School Administrators Not Educated with Respect to Drug Testing?

School Administrations Test with Urine … Despite Obvious Drawbacks

States Requiring Drug Education in Schools

• 14.6 percent of all public / private middle schools and high schools now conduct some type of student drug testing  (11.4% of middle schools and 19.5% of high schools conducted drug testing on students.)

• 84 percent utilize urine - A method that detects the presence of inactive drug metabolites, but does not have the ability to determine recent drug use or impairment.- A method that is highly invasive / degrading, – A method that is easily defeated / cheated by kids.

• 8% use oral fluid / saliva

• Of schools with a drug testing policy
  

56.1% conducted student drug testing randomly among members of specific groups of students (e.g., athletes, students who participate in other extracurricular activities, or student drivers)

63.9% conducted student drug testing when it was suspected that a student was using drugs at school

37.6% had voluntary drug testing for all students

3.6% had voluntary drug testing for specific groups of students

13.4% used some other unspecified criteria.

Yes relatively few States / Schools provide Drug / Alcohol Treatment Services!

State School Drug Treatment Services

Comprehensive results from SHPPS 2006 are published in the Journal of School Health, Volume 77, Number 8, October 2007.   Department of Health and Human Service – CDC