Mandatory Drug Testing

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" Mandatory drug testing for student athletes is a legitimate pursuit for high schools and colleges. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of this practice. Student drug testing policies, however, must be specific and clear.

Constitutional issues regarding mandatory drug testing for student athletes were explored by the Supreme Court in Vernonia Sch. Dist. 47J v. Acton (1995). The defendant was a school system in Vernonia, Oregon, a small town about 35 miles northwest of Portland. The school set up a random drug testing program for its student athletes in 1989, motivated by what it described as a drug culture out of control: "Staff members' direct observations of students using drugs led the administration to the conclusion that the rebellion was being fueled by alcohol and drug abuse as well as by the students' misperceptions about the drug culture"

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