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The main issues of concern are: # Student Civil Rights # Student Privacy # Suspension of Civil Rights on Campuses # Involvement of Parents and Police Urban school districts saw widespread implementation of comprehensive Drug and Alcohol policies starting in the mid- 1980s . Although small town school districts have generally been slower to adopt these measures, the epidemic of teenage drug use has not spared Rural and Suburban schools either. CASE STUDY In late 2001 , in small-town Ashland, Oregon , the Ashland School Board enacted a Drug and Alcohol Policy for leadership students that created a firestorm of controversy. The local Oregon ACLU had advocated on behalf of various students expelled by the Ashland School District for drug use in May 2001 , at a national forensics tournament and rallied again to protect the students from an unconstitutional invasion of their privacy. This landmark battle for student’s rights was the first of many similar incidents across the country. Students at Ashland Senior High School argued that their off campus behavior after school hours should have no effect on their academic standing. In a statement to the local press, Ashland Senior High School Student Body Co-President Brady Brim-DeForest said "Teaching kids not to use and abuse drugs and alcohol is a family thing. Ultimately, it's a student's own personal choice." Eventually, the Code of Conduct was rewritten and the controversy led to a full scale re-evaluation of the School District's entire Drug and Alcohol Policy. In order to reach consensus however, a community committee was formed, which met consecutively for five months. Case Study News Coverage
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