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Jeff Parish To Drug Test
Students
The Jefferson
Parish School District announced Tuesday at a news conference that
it will begin mandatory drug testing next school year.
Jefferson Parish
District Attorney Paul Connick called it a historic step in the
fight against teen drug abuse.
The program
initially will involve any public school student who participates in
"strenuous extracurricular activities," including athletics and
cheerleading, school officials said. Two other schools, Ehret and
East Jefferson, will offer drug testing for any student under a
volunteer basis.
The district
expects to spend about $400,000 next year on the program, which will
test about 5,000 students. The program likely will be expanded.
The American Civil
Liberties Union opposes the testing, saying the money would be
better spent elsewhere.
Critics also said
the test, which examines hair strands for residue of drugs taken in
the past 90 days, does not catch evidence of alcohol and tobacco
use, which is more common than hard drug use among teens, statistics
show.
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