Zero Tolerance: Really Doubtful Many schools across the country have faced violence and even deaths. Take the Columbine incident for example. For this very reason, many schools have proposed and in some cases even imposed a policy called Zero Tolerance Policy. The article “Taking Zero Tolerance to the Limit” by Jesse Katz is about outright drug and gun bans in schools. It does not work. It doesn't work because it punishes everyone for the problems of a few, it's too extreme and there is still no clear line between what is a drug and what is a weapon. First of all, the zero tolerance policy is very unfair because it punishes everyone for the problems of a few. Even if you are the best student in school and have never taken drugs or used any weapons except the butter knife, you still have to feel as uncomfortable as if you have actually used drugs or weapons. For example, in Jesse Katz's article, when talking about the girl who brought Midol to school and shared it with another girl for the sole purpose of relieving menstrual cramps. Kimberly, the girl who had taken the drug along with Erica, the girl who had received the drug, received a ten-day suspension. Kimberly's parents later filed a federal lawsuit against the district for racial discrimination because the school suspended Kimberly, who is black, for another 80 days for taking the drugs. Another example from the article by t...