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
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.
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