Missouri College Demands that All New Students Take Drug Test

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Linn State Technical College, a public two-year school in central Missouri, is kicking off the school year with a new requirement.

In a move considered unprecedented for a public college, the school is mandating that all incoming students submit a urine sample. The drug screenings also apply to returning students who have taken off a semester or more.

The rule has raised red flags among civil libertarians who call the tests an invasion of privacy and a violation of Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful searches and seizures. The Missouri Civil Liberties Association said it will legally challenge the requirement if necessary.

But officials from the 1,200-student school defended the decision by saying it's for the safety of the students, many of whom will be learning to perform dangerous jobs such as aircraft maintenance and heavy-engine repair. The school also stressed that the screenings will better prepare students to enter workplaces where drug testing is routine. The new policy, however, extends also to students studying more bookish subjects such as accounting and math.

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/09...ll-new-students-take-drug-test/#ixzz1XrZVibd8

 

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The school also stressed that the screenings will better prepare students to enter workplaces where drug testing is routine.

that's horseshit

 

[Swerlz]

yeah.. that's a huge pile of doodoo

i bet they will see a decline in applications cause of this

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

1,200-1,200 students=0...Who the hell would be like "damn, this is the only college I can go to, might as well be cool with an invasion of my privacy for an institute I'm paying to attend."

 

[sekio]

Remember, if THC is present in your urine you are a criminal. Alcohol and nicotine are the only socially permitted drugs. Ignorance is strength. Consume more, both in quantity and frequency or Phil Morris will stop paying for city services.

 

[pr0d1gy]

Seeing as it is a two year technical school won't this disqualify 99.8% of their applicants?

 

[snafu]

It's in Missouri, more people will be positive for Meth than THC... Bahaha

 

[tylerwashere]

This is just the beginning, before we know it this bs will be everywhere. Total government control of what WE decide to put into our OWN bodies. ridiculous

 

[23536]

hopefully the ACLU lawsuits will begin to make people question the ubiquity of drug testing in the US. I hear that in other countries (like the UK) drug tests are a lot less common

 

[cj]

They came for the Communists, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Communist;
They came for the Socialists, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Socialist;
They came for the labor leaders, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a labor leader;
They came for the Jews, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Jew;
Then they came for me - And there was no one left to object

We are sliding down the slippery slope at ever accelerting speed.

 

[EndlessSummer]

that's horseshit

Pretty much. Also if you work for any half decent, non-governmental company after graduating you only get drug tested once before getting in and then usually only if they highly suspect your on drugs while working.

But sounds like an even better reason not to go to Hicksville College in Missouri and to save your money for a school that doesn't treat you like cattle.

 

[slimvictor]

The war on drugs not only helps the pharmaceutical, alcohol, and tobacco industries -
as well as the prisons -
but it also helps the government deprive us of our rights.

Many birds with one stone.

 

[phenethylo J]

The money for these pointless tests could be put to way better stuff if it was spent on the school itself.

Remember, if THC is present in your urine you are a criminal. Alcohol and nicotine are the only socially permitted drugs. Ignorance is strength. Consume more, both in quantity and frequency or Phil Morris will stop paying for city services.

Not just this but the people that use worse drugs that stay in your system for a way shorter; coke, opietes, and amps are way more likely to get away while people that just use weed have a very good chance of failing do to thr fact it stays in your system. I wonder what percentage of people that pass the test just took a break and get high when they get home which is one reason why drugs are so pointless. Last time my doctor gave me a drug test right when I got home a packed a bowl of some dank that was waiting for me in my droor.