Drug policy reform

Efficacy of random drug testing programs questioned
By Blair Koch
Times-News correspondent

What do the American Academy of Pediatrics, The Association for Addiction Professionals and the National Association of Social Workers have in common?

Each organization opposes the random drug testing of middle and highschool students.

The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its stance opposing random student drug testing twice in 2007. In March the AAP said, "There is little evidence of the effectiveness of school-based drug testing." In December the AAP concluded, "Physicians should not support drug testing in schools … It has not yet been established that drug testing does not cause harm."

Legalize Drugs? Cover Article and Flood of Media Coverage Generate Intense Debate About War on Drugs

drugpolicy.org
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Drug policy reform is in the media spotlight with a cover article in the latest issue of Foreign Policy, a prestigious international magazine of global politics, economics, and ideas, as well as a slew of other media coverage.

DPA executive director Ethan Nadelmann takes on a range of drug policy ideas in the piece, challenging the notion that the global war on drugs can be won and asserting that legalization may be the best approach.