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The White House Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP) has announced that it will sponsor four Student Drug
Testing Summits in the New Year.
Designed to address relevant legal and program
development issues related to student drug testing, the summits will
serve as an introduction for schools that would like to learn more about
testing programs. The events also will feature new information for
schools that already have a student drug testing program in place, and
offer information about Department of Education grants for testing
programs.
Summit dates and locations are as follows:
January 24, 2007 Charleston, South
Carolina
February 27, 2007 Newark, New Jersey
March 27, 2007 Honolulu, Hawaii
April 24, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada
According to the 2005 Monitoring the Future
report, over half of all high school students have tried an illegal
drug. Random student drug testing is a valuable prevention strategy
that can help deter children from initiating drug use. It can also
identify children who have just started using drugs as well as children
who have a dependency so that they may be referred to treatment.
Student drug testing programs developed by schools
are specifically tailored to the needs of their particular communities.
All student drug testing programs are designed to act as a deterrent
and are not punitive by format or nature. To date, more than 912
schools nationwide have implemented programs.
There is no cost to attend the upcoming summits.
If you are interested in attending, please register at
Office of National Drug Control Policy
or contact
bspencer@ondcp.eop.gov with any additional questions.
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