SCHOOL
DRUG TESTING PROGRAMS

Is your school district considering a student testing program?

Survey facts on student substance abuse:

According to the "Monitoring the Future" survey conducted by the
University of Michigan (December 1996)

• Past-year marijuana use by 8^th-graders increased 200%,
  from 6% in 1991 to 18% in 1996.
• 34% of 10^th-graders and 36% of 12^th-graders also said they
  had used marijuana in the past 12 months.
• Overall, the percentage of 8^th-graders who reported using
  any illicit drug in the past year more than doubled between
  1991 and 1995 (11% to 24%).
• Between 1991 and 1995, 10th-graders’ use of illicit drugs
  rose from 20% to 38%, and 12^th-graders’ use jumped
  from 27% to 40%.

The Partnership for a Drug-Free American discovered that:

• There was a 100% increase in the number of children
  trying marijuana in 1996.
• 8% of 6^th-graders had tried marijuana in 1996
• 23% of 7^th-graders had tried marijuana in 1996
• 33% of 8^th-graders had tried marijuana in 1996

Schools and other educational institutions have begun to turn to a solution that businesses have relied upon for the last two decades. Drug testing programs have a proven track record to identify those individuals needing assistance with substance abuse problems. Educators are now turning to drug testing students to help remedy the overwhelming student drug abuse problem we see in our schools.

Midwest Toxicology Services, Inc. has extensive experience with drug testing in schools and drug testing students.

Contact us for information on implementing a
student drug-testing program.