Drug Use In Public Schools

In middle and high schools, administration often calls upon the local police department and the school resource officer to punish more severe and legal allegations, such as drug use, in their own schools. However recently, the use of drug sniffing dogs has come into question when a case was brought to the Supreme Court. In the case, drug sniffing dogs were used at a house where drugs were suspected. Though the case was ultimately ruled in favor of the citizen who had the dogs used against him, the infringement of privacy and constitutional rights continued to be questioned with the use of drug-sniffing dogs. However, the use of drug sniffing dogs in unannounced and periodic locker searches in public schools is completely justified and constitutional.

The use of drug sniffing dogs is entirely legal, especially on public grounds and any disciplinary actions needed to
The benefits of drug dogs weigh towards student safety in mandatory, public places of education over the fear of a few individuals getting caught doing something explicitly illegal. In all honesty, student who are possessing the drugs should be nervous as they are doing something punishable by law. It is crucial that students and parents feel safe sending their child to school. In my own high school last year, there was shocking news that there was fentanyl in our school building when an individual overdosed in gym class. The whole school was in distress and administration consequently sent letters home to parents informing them of the overdose and safety concern for unintentional contact with the drug. With drug sniffing dogs, the overdose and chaos after may never have even happened. The dogs would have been able to pick up the scent of the illegal substance and notify law enforcement so, they could get the situation handled safely, with the least amount of danger brought to