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Drug testing school pupils is ineffective and risky
Australian review supports UK guidance indicating that testing school pupils for illegal drugs is a
risky procedure of unproven effectiveness and questionable ethics which may backfire by alienating
pupils. A US randomised trial too recent to be included in the review would simply have bolstered
its argument that there are less risky and more effective ways for a school to exercise its duty of
care for its pupils.
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