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Supreme Court upholds drug tests beyond student athletics

In Board of Education v. Earls, the Supreme Court upheld Tecumseh's testing policy for students in competitive extracurricular activities, including band, choir and academic teams. Tests screened for marijuana and other illegal drugs. Results were not supplied to law enforcement, and consequences concerned activity participation. The ruling extended the school-testing precedent without changing adult cannabis possession or cultivation law.[1]

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On 27 June 2002, the Supreme Court upheld Tecumseh, Oklahoma’s policy as applied to competitive extracurricular activities, including band, choir and academic teams. The tests screened for marijuana and other illegal drugs. Results were not handed to law enforcement, and the consequences concerned participation in activities.

The ruling carried the school-testing precedent beyond the student athletes covered by Vernonia in 1995. Keeping the two dates separate avoids projecting the later holding into the earlier case.

This is unscored context for the United States. It does not alter adult possession or cultivation permissions.[1]

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References

  1. US Supreme Court — Board of Education v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 (2002)Opinion, parts I and II.Barchived

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