Maia Szalavitz just published a really good article in Slate
Trick or Treatment
Teen drug programs turn curious teens into crackheads.
By Maia Szalavitz
Posted Friday, January 3, 2003, at 10:38 AM PT
America loves its quick fixes. Think your child might be on drugs? Test him. Think your child's school is full of addicts? Test them all. Institute a policy of zero tolerance: One strike and it's off to a drug treatment program. Get those rotten apples out and clean them up before they can poison the whole batch. Last year's Supreme Court decision in Board of Education v. Earls allowed for a massive expansion of drug testing in schools. And increases in drug testing increase the numbers of offenders. As a result, schools and juvenile courts are increasingly turning to both "zero tolerance" and "treatment, not punishment" as a remedy
http://slate.msn.com/id/2076329/It's a great article! And there's a discussion forum, fairly heated debate going on there. If anyone wants to weigh in, write on!
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