Random student drug testing, voluntary or otherwise, is a horrible waste of time, effort, and money. School boards across the nation have been realizing this as of late, for various reasons.

Some object to such blatant invasions of privacy. Others believe that it creates a threatening environment - hardly something our schools need more of. Yet others look at the facts, the numbers, and the consequences of their policy, and see that it simply doesn't stop students from experimenting with drugs. It is a failed policy.

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