Drug testing in school is not cool

Why is drug testing in school not cool, you ask? Well the answer is simple, drug testing is an invasion of privacy. Students are protected by the fourth amendment even when they're in school. Students should not be drug tested without a reasonable reason to. A drug test would be a search without suspicion because the school would have no evidence or specific reason to search someone.This alone, is reason enough to not have drug testing. Diving further into privacy issues, students would be required to share information regarding their prescribed medications. Students should never be forced to share what medications they take for any reason. Not only do students have to give up their medication information, but teachers at Tecumseh High School in Oklahoma saw the information and the results of the test. If a student is suddenly suspended from their activity, then all the other students will know the results. Students may also be falsely suspended because some common over-the-counter or prescription drugs may test positive.Mike, a seventeen year-old from Shallowater High School was taking medication for allergies. He was randomly tested and tested positive for cocaine. The test result was false because he truly wasn't using cocaine. Mike was suspended and had to take many more tests. This is only one of the many possible cases that have or can happen and is a complete invasion of privacy and is against the 4th amendment. It is up to the students' parents to parent them and decide to give them drug tests or not. It is not the school's job to test students for drugs and punish them.