Reducing the Risk of Drugs in Schools: Medical Management and Illegal Use

Reducing the Risk of Drugs in Schools: Medical Management and Illegal Use

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Panelists:

Tony Derezinski, JD, LLM, Director, Government Relations, Michigan
Association of School Boards, Lansing, MI
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Nadine Schwab, RN, MPH, Supervisor of Health Services, Westport Public Schools, Westport, CT
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Timothy Volpert, JD, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Portland, OR
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Moderator: Howell Wechsler, PhD, Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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Learning Objectives:

Describe the legal boundaries of school random drug testing programs;
Provide an overview of federal and state laws related to medication

Identify special public health and legal considerations regarding the provision of medications to students.

Resource Material:

Drug Testing of Interscholastic Athletes in Public Schools, Legal Handbook on School Athletics, National School Boards Association. 1997.

Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, 515 US 646 (1995).

Board of Education of Independent School District No 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls. 536 US 822 (2002).

Position Statement: The Role of the School Nurse Regarding Drug Testing in Schools. National Association of School Nurses. www.nasn.org/positions/drugtest.htm

Yamaguchi R., Johnston LD, O’Malley PM. Relationship between student illicit drug use and school drug testing policies. Journal of School Health. 2003;73(4):159-164.

Goldberg L, Elliot DL, MacKinnon DP, et al. Drug testing athletes to prevent substance abuse: background and pilot study results of the SATURN (student athlete testing using random notification) study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2003;32:16-25.

The CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), through its national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, collects data on alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9-12 ( www.cdc.gov/yrbss).
DASH also conducts the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS 2000), a national survey conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. That study includes data on policies and programs addressing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use ( www.cdc.gov/shpps).

Legal Issues in School Health Services. Nadine C. Schwab and Mary H.B. Gelfman (eds). North Branch, MN: Sunrise River Press. 2001.

Everett Jones S, Wheeler L. Asthma Inhalers in Schools: Rights of Students with Asthma to a Free Appropriate Education. American Journal of Public Health. 2004;94:1102-1108.

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools. State policies on administration of medications in schools. www.healthinschools.org/sh/mgmtpolicies.asp.

Hendeles L, Altenburger KM, Benton T. Self-administration at school of prescribed medications for asthma and anaphylaxis. Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2003;8(4):250-251.

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