However, Lt. Governor Kerry Healy's proposed random drug testing policy is not a solution. As well-intentioned as the plan may be, it violates student's rights that are specified in the Constitution.

The proposal violates the First, Third, Fourth and Ninth Amendments that protect the right to privacy. The right to privacy was recognized by the Supreme Court in 1965 under the Griswold v. Connecticut case, and is protected under state laws through the 14th Amendment.

Moreover, random drug testing violates the illegal search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment. This right has also been recognized by the Supreme Court in the case of Sibron v. New York.

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