Third Grader Arrested on Suspicion-Based Drug Testing Policy
October 21st, 2008 by Alex
This is some troubling shit.
A third grader at Muldown Elementary School was one of the first students arrested in the school district’s new suspicion-based drug testing policy. At first glance, I thought this was going to be another case of drug prevention gone wrong… until I read the article.
This 3rd grader smoked pot in the bathroom of his elementary school, asked classmates if they wanted to smoke, and finally confessed after being confronted with his ditched pipe. Considering the confession was “reasonable suspicion,” he was tested and suspended for 3 days.
The odd thing is, after the reasonable suspicion exists, parents aren’t required to give consent for drug tests on a child - the schoolboard can go ahead no matter what.
I don’t know whether to be surprised or depressed about 3rd graders smoking weed in school. In my opinion, it seems more than ridiculous that an elementary school needs a drug testing policy, but that’s just a sad statement on current society.
Instead, I think it’s time to recommend a suspicion-based parent sterilization program, but that’s just me.
