Students to be breathalyzed at school functions?

Posted September 9th, 2008. Categorized under News. 4 Comments

In order to cut down on teen drinking, Milford will begin breathalyzing students to make sure they are sober before they can enter school dances. Students who refuse to take the test will be suspended for 10 days.

Is breathalyzing students really necessary?

As far as I’m concerned, this is just another sad way to automatically assume that students are up to no good. What grade levels are going to be breathalyzed? Are middle school students going to have to pass a test? Usually it’s pretty clear if a student is intoxicated, there are a lot of obvious signs. Forcing every student to take a breathalyzer is insulting to the students who don’t drink (which makes up the majority).

What do you think? Is this going too far, or is this a necessary precaution?

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4 Replies to “Students to be breathalyzed at school functions?”

Comments:

1. Just saying

September 9th, 2008 10:57 am

I’ve been to two different high schools and in both of them I would say 90% of the people there are completely shit faced

2. Paul

September 9th, 2008 11:09 am

Really? Huh. At the high schools in my town, it’s definitely the minority that come drunk. Most of the drinking usually went on after the event was over.

3. hall monitor

September 9th, 2008 4:22 pm

This story made http://detentionslip.org! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools.

4. Jim from Drunk People

July 2nd, 2009 5:31 am

I think this is an abuse, you cannot test students for the suspicions for only a small part of them
.-= Jim@Drunk People´s last blog ..Drunk girls pukes in the bathroom =-.