Due to the high number of drug users, different ways have been implemented with hopes of ending the problem or giving a long-term solution. Especially for students, the number has significantly increased and this is an alarming situation. A suburban high school is set to test students’ hair as part of a new “mandatory” drug policy for the upcoming school year. 
Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein recently announced that hair testing will begin in August 2019 and continue throughout the school year for all students enrolled. The policy aims to “give young men and women an extra incentive to say ‘no’ to drugs and alcohol,” the school said in a release Monday. According to the policy, a batch of students will be tested at random twice per month. If a student tests positive, he or she will meet with Principal Jason Huther and be referred to a certified counselor. Click here for more information. “Protecting students from substances that negatively impact brain development and decision-making was a prime motivator for the new policy,” he said in a statement. School officials said the data will be kept private, but the American Civil Liberties Union is concerned, calling the new policy "counterproductive." "What you've really done is singled a student out in a large school," said Ed Yohnka with the ACLU of Illinois. In addition to the drug-testing policy, the school also plans to add special awareness programs on drug and alcohol abuse, vaping, healthy eating habits, stress and time management, and physical care, officials said.
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