TY - JOUR T1 - Random drug testing in schools JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 637 LP - 638 VL - 55 IS - 517 AU - Kevin Sabet Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/55/517/637.2.abstract N2 - I welcome the discussion on student drug testing in the UK, but the July editorial1 arguing that random drug testing in schools is a poor method of identifying and supporting children who use illicit drugs overlooks some major points on the potential efficacy of this practice.Gerada and Gilvarry argue that drug testing would detract us from overall drug prevention and make finding out about student drug use difficult. Quite the opposite, however, is likely to happen. The point of student drug testing is to ‘deter and refer’ — deter drug use from happening in the first place and refer … ER -