Topic: police state news
By Perry Chiaramonte
Published February 13, 2012
| FoxNews.com
A private high school in New Mexico plans to conduct random drug tests of all students, amid a growing trend aimed at curbing drug use.
Officials at St. Michael’s high school in Sante Fe, which has more than 700 students in grades 7 through 12, sent out emails to parents this week and posted on Facebook that they are plan to begin hair-based testing next fall.
"The random drug test isn’t intended to target or punish anyone; our goal is to support our students by, hopefully, preventing them from developing drug habits that can affect their health, safety, intellectual development, and athletic performance,” the letter states. “Implementing a random drug testing program at St. Michael’s will give our students an easy excuse to say ‘no’ when their peers pressure them to experiment.”
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