Welcome to Prevention Not Punishment, a website devoted to the best practices of Random Student Drug Testing (RSDT), an important drug abuse prevention strategy. We invite you to explore our site and learn how to create a RSDT program as part of a comprehensive drug prevention program in middle and high schools.
Department of Education Shows Efficacy of Mandatory Random Student Drug Testing. Read what students say about random student drug testing. New Study Finds Teens and Parents Underreport Illegal Drug Use. This study reinforces the need for drug testing to detect recent drug use and demonstrates that current self-report youth surveys may also underreport rates of youth drug and alcohol use.