Salon had an interesting article on drug testing in high schools. I had to take a drug test while in high school but not for school, instead it was for a $4.35/hr job. I had to go into the ladies room with my manager while she listened to me pee in a cup. Then together we sealed that cup in a box, after checking the urine temperature, and sent it off for testing. Humiliating yes. Did I complain no. Should I have? Probably. I haven't had to take drug tests to work anywhere else, in all those years since. Also.. what is the point of only testing an employee once? How did they know I didn't go out and start doing drugs any time in the next 3 years I worked there?

Drug testing in high schools I disagree with mightily though, especially public high schools. I could have chosen not to take the job, actually when I turned the application in, they told me my hiring would be subject to a drug test. I could have elected not to work there. High school students can't elect not to go to high school. Nor can they really elect not to participate in extra curricular activities if they want to get into college. Colleges want to see things like band, yearbook, German club, newspaper, and the like. If you don't have them you look bad compared to your age group cohorts who have them. Only testing kids who participate in extra curricular activities, is wrong. Test everyone or no-one, do it via student ID number lottery if you are going to do it. Oh wait you can't, that would violate the 4th amendment you know that tidbit about unreasonable search. In case you don't know what it says here you go

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

So wholly random testing is out. Not to mention, drug tests only look for specific drugs. So pot smoking kids get busted while those drinking don't, provided they aren't drinking during the school day on the day they are tested.

I don't agree with drug use. I have reasons, e-mail me if you really want to know. But even less than that I disagree with conditioning kids to think they have no rights. You can't dodge high school, you can't really not participate in activities if you want to get into college, so there are kids being trapped into testing that violates their rights. If you were to test me right now, or any other day I would be squeaky clean. If my employer started random testing I would resign. Simply because I disagree with the idea of random testing.