Alcohol Testing at Carmel Before Games

I came across this article and found it to be very
interesting.   Carmel High School is now
testing students for alcohol use before games.  
According to school authorities, there has not been an increase in
alcohol problems at the football games. 
They are not testing students when they have a reasonable suspicion of
alcohol use, but instead they are testing all
students before entering the game because Carmel wants to utilize the
technology that is available to them.   It
is possible that these breathalyzer tests abridge the students’ Fourth
Amendment rights and constitute an unreasonable search.

Here is a link to a Fox 59, Indianapolis story on the Carmel High School Breathalyzer testing. Link

                                 

Guestblogger: Jennifer M. Hesch, Associate Instructor & J.D. Candidate '08, Indiana University

Comments

[Alcohol rehab programs]

Apparently students don't have major alcohol problems but I always considered that it's better to prevent than to cure. I don't think a routine search would be affect students that much once they clearly don't have alcohol problems.

[Drug Rehab Program]

I believe this is a step in the right direction to deter students from drinking before the football games. I know when I was back in high school the "cool" thing to do during football season was to go to the game to find the after party. Carmel is being proactive in their approach with their students and this will be a good deterrent at keeping those who are only going to the game to kill some time before the party out.