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Considerations of School-Based Drug Testing

May 31, 2010

School-based drug testing has been touted as the panacea to teen drug use. However, it has not yet been established that drug testing does not cause harm. The following should be considered as possible harmful consequences of drug testing when implementing a program.

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Questions from the Twitter-verse

Twitter Bird April 10, 2009

We did a Twitter-stream “Ask the Expert” series for the first time – taking tweets from parents around the world.  I answer just a few questions from parents and educators following me on Twitter. What do I tell my children about my past relationship with alcohol or other drugs? One father wants to know whether [...]

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Student Drug Testing – Does It Really Work? Meet Jennifer Kern

October 3, 2008

Is your school considering random drug testing?  Drug testing is the latest “silver bullet” to reduce teen substance use and establish early intervention measures.  But how effective is it?  Are there unintended consequences?  What is the research saying?  As school counselor,  you may be asked by your school to consider the drug testing option as [...]

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