Neo-Logic
Reality Checker
I say do it.
It's not just about catching those using and dealing it, but also to discourage, prevent, and to intervene for those who uses illegal substances. Civil liberties are one thing, but what good is civil liberty if it's hindering the right group of people from having the power to make our youth into better, less drug dependent, people? It sounds weird that I should even have to use the words drug dependent and youth in one sentence, but that's just the reality of the situation at hand. Teenagers actively use drugs and without further action from the school to discourage with intent to pursue, there will be no change. Without change, there will be no progress.
Think about it. If you were a parent, would you want your child to be in a safer enviroment where everyone is drug free or take your chances with the learn by mistake mind set? Yes, the parents are suppose to be teaching the kids that drugs are a no-no. However, the same parents has to work to keep a roof over the head and the debt collectors from repo-ing their posessions. Do the parents not deserve a little help from the government and school to not only make sure their kids are not using drugs, but also a peace of mind in knowing that they are in a drug-free enviroment to the best of the school's ability.
What rights would the teenagers lose, really? The liberty to not have to pee in order to make sure they do their part in the social contract of bringing no harm to others which they subsequently will do if they are using drugs and therefore will influence other close friends with unneccessary peer-pressure to do the same? The price of having to pee in a cup is small compared to the price of finding out that your child has a drug problem or god forbid, becomes involved in gang activities or overdose on drugs.
Freedom isn't free, but peeing in a cup to help the school be a safer enviroment, on the otherhand, is.
It's not just about catching those using and dealing it, but also to discourage, prevent, and to intervene for those who uses illegal substances. Civil liberties are one thing, but what good is civil liberty if it's hindering the right group of people from having the power to make our youth into better, less drug dependent, people? It sounds weird that I should even have to use the words drug dependent and youth in one sentence, but that's just the reality of the situation at hand. Teenagers actively use drugs and without further action from the school to discourage with intent to pursue, there will be no change. Without change, there will be no progress.
Think about it. If you were a parent, would you want your child to be in a safer enviroment where everyone is drug free or take your chances with the learn by mistake mind set? Yes, the parents are suppose to be teaching the kids that drugs are a no-no. However, the same parents has to work to keep a roof over the head and the debt collectors from repo-ing their posessions. Do the parents not deserve a little help from the government and school to not only make sure their kids are not using drugs, but also a peace of mind in knowing that they are in a drug-free enviroment to the best of the school's ability.
What rights would the teenagers lose, really? The liberty to not have to pee in order to make sure they do their part in the social contract of bringing no harm to others which they subsequently will do if they are using drugs and therefore will influence other close friends with unneccessary peer-pressure to do the same? The price of having to pee in a cup is small compared to the price of finding out that your child has a drug problem or god forbid, becomes involved in gang activities or overdose on drugs.
Freedom isn't free, but peeing in a cup to help the school be a safer enviroment, on the otherhand, is.