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Drug Testing
Testing for Drugs of Abuse in Children and Adolescents: Addendum - Testing in Schools and at Home
Cmte. on Substance Abuse & Cncl. on School Health, Pediatrics. March 2007; 119(3): pp. 627-630.
Student Drug Testing is No 'Silver Bullet'
Rosenbaum, Marsha, San Diego Union-Tribune. February 22, 2006.
Drug Testing Gets Failing Grade
Rosenbaum, Marsha, Alternet.org. January 19, 2006.
Office Politics
Maltby, Lewis, Legal Times. August 29, 2005.
Don't Believe The Hype Random Drug Testing, A Humiliating Violation Of Privacy, Has Not Been Proven To Deter Drug Use
Rosenbaum, Marsha, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 4, 2005.
Drug Test Nation
Armentano, Paul, Reason Online. February 9, 2005.
Drug Screening's Kinks Persist: Cheaper Testing Can Leave Applicants Without Safeguards
Kreimer, Susan, Washington Post. November 14, 2004: pp. K01.
Testing the Wrong Policy on Students
Leverenz, Nikos A., Brainwash. September 19, 2004.
A New Approach to Student Drug Testing
Leverenz, Nikos, AlterNet. September 2, 2004.
A Review of Internet-based Home Drug-testing Products for Parents
Levy, Sharon, et al, Pediatrics. April 2004; 113(4).
Save Your Time and Money; Random Testing Doesn't Work
Rosenbaum, Marsha, Fresno Bee. March 18, 2004.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
McLure, Jason, Newsweek. February 25, 2004.
Experience, Research Show Testing Doesn't Work
Rosenbaum, Marsha, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 8, 2003.
Relationship Between Student Illicit Drug Use and School Drug-Testing Policies
Yamaguchi, Ryoko, et al, Journal of School Health. April 20, 2003; 73(4): pp. 159-164.
Trick or Treatment: Teen Drug Programs Turn Curious Teens Into Crackheads
Szalavitz, Maia, Slate. Fri, Jan 3, 2003.
Case-Study. Drug Testing in the Australian Mining Industry
Holland, Peter, Dr, Surveillance and Society. January 2003; 1(2): pp. 204-209.
Urine - or You’re Out: Drug Testing is Invasive, Insulting, and Generally Irrelevant To Job Performance. Why Do So Many Companies Insist On It?
Sullum, Jacob, ReasonOnline. November 2002.
Drawing the Line on Drug Testing
Nadelmann, Ethan, IntellectualCapital.Com. Oct 14, 1999.
Fit for Duty... or Is It?
Tinelli, G, et al, The Voice. 1999; 5(1): pp. 20-21, 27-28, 30.
Reported Drug Use by Potential Targets of Random School Drug Testing Policies
Bailey, William J, Indiana Prevention Resource Center Website. November 23, 1998.
Compensating Behavior and the Drug Testing of High School Athletes
Taylor, R, The Cato Journal. 1997; 16(3).
Suspicionless Drug Testing in Schools
Bailey, William J, Indiana Prevention Resource Center Website. July 19, 1997.
Problems of Urine Screening
Morgan, John, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 1984; 16(4): pp. 305-317.
Drug Testing
Johnson-Spence, Jennifer. 2004.
Corn Valley
October 17, 2003.
Random Student Drug Testing Summit Registration Form
January 9, 2008.
Letter from Student Christopher Lauth to Northern Valley Regional High School Community
Lauth, Christopher. NJ. November 9, 2007.
Letter from Student Allegra Stout to Northern Valley Regional High School Community
Stout, Allegra. NJ. November 9, 2007.
Letter From Dr. Wayne Yankus to the Northern Valley Regional School District
Yankus, Wayne. NJ. November 7, 2007.
York v. Wahkiakum School District, Brief of Amici Curiae
WA. Supreme Court of the State of Washington. April 6, 2007.
Juicing in Jersey
DiUlio, Nick. South Jersey Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 21-23. September 2006.
Communities Across Wisconsin are Rejecting Random Student Drug Testing: Ineffective and Intrusive
Drug Policy Alliance. April 25, 2006.
False Positives
Students for Sensible Drug Policy. The Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL. April 25, 2006.
Making Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No
Kern, Jennifer, et al. CA. January 6, 2006.
Sign-on letter in support of the Bobby Scott Amendment to the Labor-HHS-Education Bill
Drug Policy Alliance. Wednesday, June 22, 2005.
Office of National Drug Control Policy: What You Need to Know About Starting a Student Drug Testing Program
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. October 21, 2004.
Letter to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Regarding Opinion Request No. 0250-GA [Sign-On Letter]
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolo, et al. August 23, 2004.
Comments of National Federation of Federal Employees, Drug Policy Alliance, and DKT Liberty Project regarding Proposed Revisions to Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, FR DOC # 04-7984, SAMHSA, HHS -- Appendix A
Drug Policy Alliance. National Federation of Federal Employees, DKT Liberty Project, and the Drug Policy Alliance. July 12, 2004.
Comments of National Federation of Federal Employees, Drug Policy Alliance, and DKT Liberty Project regarding Proposed Revisions to Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs, FR DOC # 04-7984, SAMHSA, HHS
Drug Policy Alliance, et al. National Federation of Federal Employees, DKT Liberty Project, and the Drug Policy Alliance. July 12, 2004.
Random Drug Testing Does Not Deter Drug Use
Oakland. Drug Policy Alliance. March 12, 2004.
Drug Testing Ad: It's Not Your Pee They're Testing, It's the Strength of Our Constitution
Drug Policy Alliance. November 2003.
What can they be thinking? To Test or Not to Test
Cole, Susan B. Middlesex County Substance Abuse Action Council, The News from MCSAAC. July 2003.
Student Substance Abuse: Alternatives To Zero Tolerance
California State PTA. May 2003.
Drug Testing in Schools: Policies, Practices, and the Association With Student Drug Use
Yamaguchi, R, et al. The University of Michigan, Youth Education and Society Occasional Papers. 2003.
Urineschool: A Study of the Impact of the Earls Decision on High School Random Drug Testing Policies
Conlon, Cynthia Kelly. Journal of Law & Education, Vol. 327, No. 3, pp. 297-319. 2003.
Letter: Human Research Protections Under Federal Wide Assurance FWA-161
Borror, Kristina C. Washington, DC. Department of Health and Human Services. October 24, 2002.
Pottawatomie v. Earls, Brief of Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatrics, National Education Association, American Public Health Association, et al, United States Supreme Court
2002.
U.S. v. Snyder, 187 F. Supp. 2d 52, N.D.N.Y
2002.
Drug Use, Testing, and Treatment in Jails
Wilson, Doris James. Washington, DC. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, pp. 11. May 2000.
Naval Research Lab Sweat Patch Study
Kidwell, David and Smith, Frederick. Naval Research Labratory. November 3, 1999.
Marsha Rosenbaum Appears on CNN to Discuss Alcohol Testing
CNN-News.
Marsha Rosenbaum Appears on MSNBC to Discuss Alcohol Testing
MSNBC-News.
Will Drug Testing of Student Athletes Prevent Drug Abuse?
Justice Talking; August 2006.
Midmorning with Kerri Miller: Student Drug Testing
Minnesota Public Radio; December 28, 2005.
Drug Policy in the U.S.: Treatment vs. Jail and the Medical Marijuana Controversy [Audio]
Denning, Dr. Patt. Voice America; February 28, 2005.
Student Drug Testing: Responses to Bush’s State of the Union Speech
New York City; January 22, 2004.
Justice Talking Presents Debate on Drug Testing [Audio]
Nadelmann, Ethan and DuPont, Robert. New York, NY: National Public Radio; October 28, 2003.
CBS-2 Feat. Isaac Skelton -- "Booze Clues"
CBS-2 News-New York.
Random Student Drug Testing is Not the Answer
Kern, Jennifer, Huffington Post. May 7, 2008.
Should We Subject Teens to Virginity Tests So They Can 'Just Say No'?
Newman, Tony, Huffington Post. May 17, 2007.
Students Find Dialogue More Effective Than Drug Testing
Rorvig, Leah B., USA Today. February 1, 2004.
No "Silver Bullet"
Rosenbaum, Marsha, AlterNet. January 28, 2004.
Urine testing in drug treatments: Is it effective? Is it ethical? Is it necessary?
Byrne, Andrew.
Random Indignities: Drug Testing for Everybody!
Sullum, Jacob, Reason. March 22, 2002.
Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances
Compiled by American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness. April 2005.
Drug and Alcohol Testing: Information Sheet
Compiled by Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. August 2004.
An Evaluation of Fitness-for-Duty Testing: Part I.
Comer, Debra R. New York, NY. Aug 15, 1995.
Random drug testing of schoolchildren: A shot in the arm or a shot in the foot for drug prevention?
McKeganey, Neil. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation; 2005.
Drug Testing in the Workplace
The Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work. York, England: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation/Drugscope; May 2004: pp. 104.
YES Occasional Papers: Drug Testing in Schools: Policies, Practices, and Association With Student Drug Use
Yamaguchi, Ryoko, et al. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; 2003: pp. 52.
Just Say No to Random Drug Testing: A Guide for Students
ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project; 2002.
Drug Testing: A Bad Investment
Maltby, Lewis L. ACLU; September 30, 1999: pp. 29.
Drug Testing and Labor Productivity: Estimates Applying a Production Function Model
Shepard, Edward and Clifton, Thomas, et al. Le Moyne College Institute of Industrial Relations; Sept. 1998: pp. 1-30.