Saliva tests to find out who uses cannabis in high school in the Paris region – this is just one of the proposals by the local administration’s anti-drugs initiative that has created a storm of controversy, especially among the head teachers who have branded the plan “socially unacceptable and ineffective”.
They give two fundamental reasons. Firstly, such coercive measures could damage the relationship of trust between students and teachers, undermining the harmony of student life and instilling a climate of suspicion. Secondly, there is a risk of ‘overshooting’, or ‘killing a fly with a cannon ball’.
Because smoking marijuana is a marginal phenomenon in schools. The head teachers in France have rejected other proposals put forward in the plan for the same reasons.
Other suggestions include analysing waste water, video surveillance inside and outside buildings, having security forces placed in courtyards and entrances and, last but not least, ensuring that routes between bus stops and schools are secure.
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