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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162749503321

Titolo

Student drug testing / / Patty Jo Sawvel, book editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2007

ISBN

0-7377-4834-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Issues that concern you

Disciplina

371.7/84

Soggetti

Drug testing - United States

Students - Drug use - United States

Youth - Drug use - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Drug testing: an overview / David G. Evans -- A variety of drug tests: an overview / Robert L. DuPont and Richard H. Bucher -- Drug-infected schools put teens at risk / Joseph A. Califano Jr. -- Student drug testing must be allowed / White House Office of National Drug Control Policy -- Student drug testing should not be allowed / Leah B. Rorvig -- Educators believe drug testing does not work / Fatema Gunja, Alexandra Cox, Marsha Rosenbaum, and Judith Appel -- A principal says drug testing works / Lisa Brady -- School drug testing programs are flawed / Drug Detection Report -- Student drug testing is challenged in the courts / Adam T. Wolfe -- A student against drug testing / Amanda Gelender -- A student for drug testing / Tamara Pollock -- Drug tests are easily outsmarted / Amitava Dasgupta -- A sense of belonging reduces student drug use / Robert Blum -- Drug tests can promote a sense of belonging / Ashley Coffman.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the issues surrounding student drug testing. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.