There have been 458 students in which 312 consented to being tested. Although Carroll stated he expects that as the school year progresses into the winter sports programs the number of students will increase, as well as other students signing up for other club activities. Before a student is allowed to participate, they and their parents have to sign a consent form to the random drug testing process.

This drug testing policy was introduced to the students’ parents in June through a presentation. Carroll stated that the parents of the tested students are very appreciative of the drug testing program as he made phone calls forewarning them that their child may be chosen.

The schools policy states that students will be assigned confidential identification numbers, and they will perform six random drug tests every month.

A first offense results in a 10-day suspension from activities and the student will attend three counseling sessions. A second offense results with a 60-day suspension from activities, three counseling sessions and attend a drug prevention education program. If the student has a third offense they will be suspended for a year from activities, must complete counseling sessions, and must also attend a drug prevention education program.

Students will have the opportunity to appeal the decision and can then perform another drug test at their own expense.

Through Quest Diagnostics the school officials said the drug tests cost about $24 per student which would equal to around $3,000 a year.

Currently they have randomly tested 12 students who all produced negative drugs tests.

On a phone interview from Belluno, Italy, Carlo Giovanardi who is responsible for the government’s family and drug-abuse prevention policy, stated that a number of Italians may have entrusted savings to people “not capable of making decisions” due to drug use.

This drug testing program can be created without a passage of a new law Giovanardi stated. He plans to get into contact with the regulators and the industry groups who are working with the stock exchange to discuss the drug testing plan in further detail.

Borsa Italian, who is the Italian exchange had no comment, said by a spokeswoman who further declined to be identified.

Giovanardi also referred to “U.S. Studies” proposing that recent market turmoil could have been heighten by “people who’ve lost touch with reality” due to substance abuse. Last year Giovanardi sponsored the notion that members of parliament take voluntary drug tests.

The undersecretary has suspicion that cocaine is being abused and said that cocaine use has a “devastating” effect on individuals leading to “brain meltdown.”

Effects of cocaine use include increased energy, loss of appetite, and increased heart rate and blood pressure. Short term effects of cocaine abuse include mental alertness, dilated pupils, and an increase in body temperature. Long term effects are very noticeable due to the continual use and therefore building up a tolerance. The abuser can become addicted and have many different mood disturbances which may include paranoia, irritability and restlessness.

Long periods of cocaine abuse can lead to insanity and eventually death.

With the spirit  of prevention in mind, a pilot program in Suffolk County, New York has begun offering parents free drug tests for use at home. The standard urinalysis drug test is capable of detecting marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, Vicadin, and Xanax and are relatively simple to administer. Parents have been very receptive to the idea of drug testing simply because they want to put an end to the uncertainty. The Suffolk County drug testing program has been immensely successful and could end up providing a model for similar proposals around the country.

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