Drug testing in the school system

The plan rejects repression and harder measures as a response to drugs and instead demands resources for school, leisure activities and social services, while also valuing a broad private sphere and the principle that people should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Drug tests of students under suspicion are a control measure directed at individual children. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• prevention ahead of repressiondecisive»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Far too often repression and harder measures are raised as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”
• protection of privacyweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere”
• innocent until proven guilty»anses oskyldiga tills motsatsen är bevisad måste lyftas fram som« (party programme ↗)“presumed innocent until proven guilty must be emphasized as”
• resources for school and social services»Skola och fritidsverksamheter behöver ges bättre resurser, likaså socialtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and leisure activities need better resources, as does social services.”

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The plan makes the fight against drugs uncompromising and states that children and young people have the right to an upbringing free from drugs, and that recruitment to crime must be stopped through close cooperation between school, school health services and social services. Drug testing on suspicion in school is a means in the same direction, and the plan means that society should respond clearly to rule violations. However, the plan does not address drug testing as a measure, so the support is derived.

• upbringing free from drugsdecisive»trygg uppväxt fri från droger och våld.« (party programme ↗)“safe upbringing free from drugs and violence.”
• stop recruitment to crime»Ingen ung ska bli kriminell. Nyrekryteringen måste stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No young person shall become criminal. Recruitment must be stopped.”
• cooperation around young people»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a need for more cooperation between police, school health services, social services and school.”
• clear response to rule violations»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must respond clearly to crime and rule violations.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan opposes disproportionate intrusions into personal integrity and wants to shift focus in drug policy from punishment and control to care, with police operations directed at selling and trafficking. Drug testing of students in schools is a control measure against individual young people that does not have support in that commitment. The plan instead bases the school's role on trusting relationships and preventive work.

• care instead of punishmentdecisive»Den enskildas missbruk är en sjukdom och vi vill se ett ändrat fokus från straff till vård.« (party programme ↗)“The individual's abuse is an illness and we want to see a changed focus from punishment to care.”
• no to integrity violations»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on integrity.”
• measures against trafficking»Polisens arbete ska därför fokusera på att motverka försäljning och langning av narkotika.« (party programme ↗)“Police work shall therefore focus on countering the selling and trafficking of drugs.”
• trust in schools»Skolan ska präglas av förtroendefulla relationer och varje elev ska ges inflytande över sin studieväg och skolmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Schools shall be characterized by trusting relationships and each student shall be given influence over their study path and school environment.”

The plan defends the rule of law and the individual's rights vis-à-vis the state and lists a range of coercive measures that are rejected on integrity grounds. The party programme makes personal integrity a cornerstone and requires proportionality between integrity restriction and purpose. Drug tests of students on suspicion is a bodily integrity intervention against minors that the plan does not support; its line against youth ill-health is instead a safe school with better student health.

• no to integrity-infringing coercive measuresdecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights vis-à-vis the state must be defended. We therefore say no to patrol zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
• proportionality requirement»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the law's purpose.”
• personal integrity»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal integrity is a cornerstone in every democracy.”
• prevention via student health»En bättre elevhälsa är en förutsättning för det.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Better student health is a prerequisite for that.”

The plan's decisive commitment is zero tolerance for narcotics in all handling and that school as a rule should always make police reports and welfare alerts in case of suspected criminality, and earlier and tougher action against young people on the wrong track. Considering drug testing when there is suspicion of drug influence is in line with that line. The plan's principle that the individual's integrity shall not be violated is a qualifying objection, but the counter-proposal limits itself to cases of suspicion.

• zero tolerance for narcoticsdecisive»Nolltolerans ska råda mot narkotika i alla led av hanteringen.« (party programme ↗)“Zero tolerance shall apply to narcotics at all levels of handling.”
• school's duty to report»För att polis och socialtjänst alltid ska få kännedom om barn som är på fel väg i livet ska huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“So that police and social services always learn about children on the wrong track in life, the main rule should be that schools always make police reports and welfare alerts in case of suspected criminality.”
• early action against youth on wrong track»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Earlier, clearer and tougher action to prevent and stop young people from sliding into criminality is needed.”
• protection of personal integrity»Den enskildes värdighet och integritet får inte kränkas.« (party programme ↗)“The individual's dignity and integrity shall not be violated.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan has a drug-free society as its goal and wants to counteract youth drug use and increase the detection risk. The election manifesto goes further and wants to strengthen the social service's possibilities for coercive measures against children and young people. Drug testing on suspicion aligns with the detection- and early intervention line that the plan is built on.

• coercive measures for youthdecisive»Stärk sociala insatser och socialtjänstens möjligheter till tvingande åtgärder gentemot barn och unga som begår brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen social efforts and the social service's possibilities for coercive measures against children and young people who commit crimes.”
• drug-free society»narkotika ska vara förbjudet.« (party programme ↗)“narcotics shall be prohibited.”
• counteract youth drug use»ska göras för att motverka ungas alkoholkonsumtion« (party programme ↗)“shall be done to counteract young people's alcohol consumption”
• increased detection risk»en ökad upptäcktsrisk för förövarna är viktigt« (party programme ↗)“an increased detection risk for perpetrators is important”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to carry out the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times, focusing on social services, schools and addiction care, reinstate specialised narcotics police and strengthen teachers' and headmasters' ability to intervene. Considering drug tests when there is suspicion of affected students is in line with the strategy of breaking young people's drug use early. The plan does not, however, mention drug tests, so the stance is derived.

• crime prevention in schoolsdecisive»Det handlar om över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It involves over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and addiction care.”
• intensified narcotics control»Återinföra de specialiserade narkotikapoliserna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reinstate the specialised narcotics police”
• the school's authority to intervene»Stärka lärares och rektorers auktoritet att kunna ingripa i stökiga situationer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen teachers' and headmasters' authority to be able to intervene in disruptive situations”
• early interventions for young people»Se till att fler unga lagöverträdare omhändertas enligt lagen om vård av unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that more young offenders are taken into care under the Act on the Care of Young People”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not mention drug testing, but it describes drug sales on school playgrounds as an acute problem and wants to give schools, social services and the justice system the opportunity to intervene more forcefully at an early stage. Zero tolerance in schools and a review of the possibility of forceful measures against students belong to the same line. Derived from this, the plan supports that drug testing be considered when there is suspicion.

• early and forceful interventionsdecisive»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and the justice system the opportunity to intervene more forcefully at an early stage”
• zero tolerance in schools»Nolltolerans ska råda mot hot och våld i skolan och möjligheten att ingripa med skarpa åtgärder mot elever som skapar en dålig arbetsmiljö för andra ska ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Zero tolerance shall apply to threats and violence in schools and the possibility to intervene with forceful measures against students who create a poor working environment for others shall be reviewed.”
• drugs on school playgrounds»Knivattacker och drogförsäljning sker på skolgårdarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Knife attacks and drug sales occur on school playgrounds.”
• crackdown on youth crime»Krafttag mot den brottslighet som drabbar unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crackdown on crime affecting young people”