Students and the Fourth Amendment-- Personal Opinion

In my personal opinion, I am against drug testing because I wouldn't want for it to happen to me and I wouldn't want to feel as if my privacy was being invaded. Although I feel that I personally wouldn't want for a drug testing policy to be enacted here at DHS, I honestly think that a drug testing policy is constitutional and that it would be reasonable for a drug testing policy to be enacted at DHS. The intent of a random drug testing policy is to be sure that the students of the school are not engaging in illegal behaviors and are being safe. In multiple Supreme Court cases, it has been ruled that random drug tests are legal courses of action to ensure the safety of the students. While this may seem to be like an intrusive and uncomfortable position to be "forced" into, if a student is not doing drugs, they should have nothing to hide and shouldn't be worried about the testing. Those students who do engage in illegal activities may not want to be subjected to the testing, but if they are caught with a substance they can be properly helped and potentially saved from a future drug accident. This one point on the drug policies that I do not agree with is that many of the random drug testing policies are solely directed towards student athletes and people participating in extra-curricular activities, and not towards the rest of the student body. In my opinion, implementing this type of rule is a way to say that the school district is more concerned about the people who are participating in activities outside of the classroom, and don't care as much about the students who don't have these additional activities. I think that this is something that should be changed because every student should be receiving the same amount of care and attention from the school, and therefore, every student should be subjected to the same drug testing. Additionally, if a student is heavily involved in drugs or other illegal substances, there are large chances that they do not participate in athletics or in extra-curricular activities, in an attempt to free more time to do drugs. By neglecting these students and only testing the ones who are participating in other activities, these students are getting away with their illegal behaviors and are not being helped with their problems. Randomly drug testing students is a way to make the community feel more secure and to help save the lives of young high school students who may be simply making a poor decision.