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Newsbrief:
DPA
Campaign
Provides
Tools
to
Fight
School
Drug
Testing
10/4/02
Reacting to the June Supreme
Court decision allowing school drug testing of any students involved in
athletics or other extracurricular activities (even including driving one's
own vehicle to school), the Drug Policy Alliance announced this week a
new campaign to provide tools for students, parents, teachers and administrators
to find better, less intrusive, alternatives to making children and young
people urinate in a cup.
The campaign, "Drug Testing
Fails Our Youth: An Action Program for Concerned Parents" (http://www.drugtestingfails.org),
pulls together information on the Supreme Court decision in Potawatomie
v. Earls, provides an overview of the drug testing issue, discusses alternatives
to drug testing, and most importantly, presents a virtual how-to on organizing
a successful "Drug Testing Fails Our Youth" campaign.
Kudos to DPA for providing
resources and a template for political action that can be applied in school
districts around the country.
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Issue #257, 10/4/02
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