In August 2020 the High Court ruled that:

• Children cannot be incarcerated for trivial offences such as smoking dagga.
• Court-ordered audits found children treated more severely than adults in identical circumstances.
• A section of the Drug Trafficking Act was found to be unconstitutional.
• The court found school drug tests were being conducted unlawfully. Regarding drug testing at schools, the South African Schools Act made it abundantly clear that the principal must have reasonable suspicion to test, no criminal proceedings may be instituted, the results must remain confidential, and it only authorised disciplinary proceedings.- via Groundup.org

When we listened to Judge Zondo’s now famous Constitutional Court judgement in September 2018, we knew there were a lot of grey areas and unanswered questions. We also knew that for any part of the judgement to be fully understood and any ambiguity to be ironed out, it would have to be in a High Court. Some glaring social problems have become apparent. One such problem is drug testing, whether in the workplace or worse, in school. Now, it wouldn’t take long for you to find out our opinion on drug testing online somewhere. To us, it is one of the most insidious practices of prohibition, is completely unconstitutional, a breach of a person’s bodily sovereignty, and someone somewhere is coining it at the expense of others. Some people actually believe the threat of drug testing is a deterrent, but we’d beg to differ.

A lot.

Read our blogpost on the subject: https://www.fieldsofgreenforall.org.za/school-drug-test-punishment-reversed/