Our money should be going toward educating young people, not putting them under these surveillance programs.

Very few people get their money back.

It can have consequences of breaking down communication, of creating rebellion, breaking down relationships of trust.

The assumption, I guess, that propels this is that once you randomly test students, they'll just stop experimenting. But behavior is really complex. It doesn't always work that simply.

There's been a real big push from the federal government to promote this as the answer to adolescent drug use. The assumption, I guess, that propels this is that once you randomly test students, they'll just stop experimenting. But behavior is really complex. It doesn't always work that simply.

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain, ... When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.