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Although conducting random locker searches are beneficial in exceptional and deficient ways, many citizens will disagree with being able to have locker searches. Conducting locker searches could also help detect illegal substances and weapons, used for bullying or even to seriously injure a peer. On the other hand, locker searches violates privacy. First and foremost, conducting locker searches can discover atrocious students with illegal substances. An abundance of schools have an enormous amount of drugs, students usually sell the drugs at school or take them to a certain meeting spot after school. Students usually had “the cargo, or illegal substances, in their lockers or school bag. Having random locker searches can uncover who is selling
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