wcbstv.com - High Schoolers Buzzing Over In-School Alcohol Test
wcbstv.com - High Schoolers Buzzing Over In-School Alcohol Test
PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP, N.J. Most high schoolers are used to taking all sorts of examinations in school, but a new test has parents and students alike buzzing about in controversy. School-administered alcohol tests have hit the hallways, but not everyone is trusting the results.
It's called the best test ever for finding "booze clues," and one of the first districts in the nation to get it is Pequannock Township in Morris County, New Jersey. High School Senior Chris Voulcz told CBS 2 he could be asked for a urine sample at any time.
"I have nothing to hide so I'd volunteer it for myself," Voulcz said.
Like the vast majority of his peers, Voulcz is automatically enrolled because he parks on campus and he's participates in a school activity, soccer. The test is the EtG urine test and scientists say it's more sensitive and telling than a Breathalyzer and other tests because it checks for ethyl glucuronide, which stays in your system for 80 hours.
"Anytime you have any sort of alcohol it's going to pick it up," Pequannock Schools Superintendent Dr. Larrie Reynolds said.
But not all students are as open to the test as Voulcz and believe it takes away from students' privacy.
"I don't think the school should be poking around into what you are doing on weekends and out of school," one student, who asked to remain anonymous, said.
The one who dares speak out against this invasion is so afraid of retribution by the school authorities, he dares not give his name.
What a sorry country we live in where those who truly believe in freedom and rights are scared silent.
As for the issue itself, this goes way over the line. What students do off campus is their own business, not the school's.
This is also a huge violation because a student's body and bodily fluids are their own property. No one has the right to walk up to someone else and demand that they submit urine samples and allow their car to be searched. I don't care if the students are parking on school property; their cars and bodies are still their own.
I really hope the ACLU sues over this.
PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP, N.J. Most high schoolers are used to taking all sorts of examinations in school, but a new test has parents and students alike buzzing about in controversy. School-administered alcohol tests have hit the hallways, but not everyone is trusting the results.
It's called the best test ever for finding "booze clues," and one of the first districts in the nation to get it is Pequannock Township in Morris County, New Jersey. High School Senior Chris Voulcz told CBS 2 he could be asked for a urine sample at any time.
"I have nothing to hide so I'd volunteer it for myself," Voulcz said.
Like the vast majority of his peers, Voulcz is automatically enrolled because he parks on campus and he's participates in a school activity, soccer. The test is the EtG urine test and scientists say it's more sensitive and telling than a Breathalyzer and other tests because it checks for ethyl glucuronide, which stays in your system for 80 hours.
"Anytime you have any sort of alcohol it's going to pick it up," Pequannock Schools Superintendent Dr. Larrie Reynolds said.
But not all students are as open to the test as Voulcz and believe it takes away from students' privacy.
"I don't think the school should be poking around into what you are doing on weekends and out of school," one student, who asked to remain anonymous, said.
The one who dares speak out against this invasion is so afraid of retribution by the school authorities, he dares not give his name.
What a sorry country we live in where those who truly believe in freedom and rights are scared silent.
As for the issue itself, this goes way over the line. What students do off campus is their own business, not the school's.
This is also a huge violation because a student's body and bodily fluids are their own property. No one has the right to walk up to someone else and demand that they submit urine samples and allow their car to be searched. I don't care if the students are parking on school property; their cars and bodies are still their own.
I really hope the ACLU sues over this.
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