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These policies are frequently part of comprehensive "Drug and alcohol" policies, and are particularly common in urban school districts. Aspects of the policies may include random drug testing, searches of lockers and personal effects, anti-drug education (e.g., "Just Say No" curricula), and punitive measures including expulsion and suspension.
A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons .
The Springfield school board was given two versions of a proposed policy to permit the alcohol and drug testing of students — but it was unclear which one will come up for a vote.
They are increasingly available (e.g. European drug prevention quality standards; [14] Canadian Standards for School-based Youth Substance Abuse Prevention), [15] and typically advocate for evidence-based programming, sound planning, and design, comprehensive activity, monitoring, evaluation, professional development, and sustainability ...
A high school in Ohio has announced that it will begin randomly drug testing its students once each year. High school announces mandatory drug tests for students: 'The community should embrace it ...
"The Social Construction of 'Evidence-Based' Drug Prevention Programs: A Reanalysis of Data from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program," Evaluation Review, Vol. 33, No.4, 394–414 (2009). Studies by Dave Gorman and Carol Weiss argue that the D.A.R.E. program has been held to a higher standard than other youth drug prevention programs.
The share of high school students who have used illicit drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and even marijuana has fallen substantially since 2001 — right around the time D.A.R.E. fell out of popularity.
Drug policies are usually aimed at combatting drug addiction or dependence addressing both demand and supply of drugs, as well as mitigating the harm of drug use, and providing medical assistance and treatment. Demand reduction measures include voluntary treatment, rehabilitation, substitution therapy, overdose management, alternatives to ...