Students Say Random Drug Tests Can Seem Like Punishment, But School Officials Say The Practice Helps MUNCIE -- Kylie Dorton doesn't like the idea of schools testing students for drugs. Dorton, a senior at Delta High School, has never been tested, but because she is a student driver and an athlete she is in the pool of students who could be randomly tested. "I just don't think high school students should have to be put through this at all," Dorton said. [continues 748 words]
MUNCIE -- This year the ribbon in Red Ribbon Week actually will be a bracelet imprinted with the phrase "Believe, Achieve, Succeed -- Drug Free" for students to wear. "We got a donation this year which enabled us to buy the bracelets," Delaware County Coordinating Council to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Executive Director Pat Hart said on Thursday as she busily packed 20,000 bracelets along with activity brochures and contest prizes in boxes to deliver to local schools. Red Ribbon Week, which will be Monday through Oct. 28, encourages students in grades K-12 to avoid using drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Participating schools will have various activities during the week and local retail outlets will offer discounts or free goods to students wearing the red bracelets. [continues 356 words]
