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Today's Poll!Drug testing policy for JCHS athletes given high marks
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Jefferson City High School’s sports programs performed nearly 2,500 tests in the first two years of its drug-testing-for-athletes policy.
The results: 12 positives — six each year.
Students who tested positive for a banned drug were required to sit out games, activities director Mike McGurk said in an interview last week.
When he asked the seven-member school board to approve the policy in July 2009, McGurk said: “We’re not trying to ‘get’ kids, we’re trying to give them the ‘out’ and prevent them from going down the wrong path” if someone offers them drugs.
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Michael 1 year, 7 months ago
'When he asked the seven-member school board to approve the policy in July 2009, McGurk said: “We’re not trying to ‘get’ kids, we’re trying to give them the ‘out’ and prevent them from going down the wrong path” if someone offers them drugs.'
So the purpose of the policy isn't to "get" kids, it's to teach them that "drugs are bad, end of story."
The purpose is to give them an excuse ("I don't want to get kicked out of the team") to not take offered drugs, instead of educating students accurately on drugs so that they can formulate their own reasons to use or to not use drugs.
Obviously, a drug test isn't going to indicate if a student drinks himself stupid and pees the bed. On the other hand, if you're smoking pot there's a 30-day window in which you could test positive after your body absorbs the THC.
But I'm sure everyone knows that alcohol is so much safer than marijuana, right?
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