This article delineates four areas of school drug policies which need consideration: confidentiality, pupil personnel records, school relationship with police, and rights of students. Although answers are not offered, questions are raised to which schoolmen responsible for formulating school drug policies should address themselves.
In addition, the need for and the security associated with written school drug policy are cited and defended. Evidence is offered relative to the lack of written policy pertaining to drug abuse and the lack of knowledge of existent policy on the part of teachers.
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For an example of how one state has developed a school drug policy the reader is referred to: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education, School Drug Policies: A Guide for Administrators. Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Boston, 1970.
