Mandatory-random student drug testing reduces high school students' reported past-30-day substance use relative to schools without MRSDT¶
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q3 i? Students subject to mandatory-random student drug testing reported less substance use in the past 30 days than comparable students in schools without MRSDT. → Susanne James-Burdumy 2012
Evidence¶
Susanne James-Burdumy 2012¶
Susanne James-Burdumy, Brian Goesling, John Deke, Eric Einspruch. (2012). The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 50, issue 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/ja-the-effectiveness-of-mandatoryrandom-student-drug-testing-a-cluster-randomized-trial doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.08.012
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A cluster randomized trial described as "the largest experimental evaluation to date of school-based mandatory-random student drug testing (MRSDT)" compared MRSDT schools with schools without MRSDT and found less reported past-30-day substance use among MRSDT students. No effect size is printed on this page.
"The study found that students who were subject to MRSDT reported less substance use in the past 30 days than comparable students in schools without MRSDT."
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Mandatory-random student drug testing reduces high school students' reported past-30-day substance use relative to schools without MRSDT |
description |
Mandatory-random student drug testing reduces high school students' reported past-30-day substance use relative to schools without MRSDT |
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moderate |
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2012 |
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2026-10-20 |
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