I'm having a hard time figuring out what possessed school officials to think this was anywhere near appropriate.  Under most circumstances, we'd consider this the behavior of a child molester.  But somehow, in an effort to what... fight the War on Drugs^TM... this is ok?

Safford Middle School officials did not violate the civil rights of a 13-year-old Safford girl when they forced her to disrobe and expose her breasts and pubic area four years ago while looking for a drug, according to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.

Now I know what you're thinking.  Drugs are awful, and they destroy lives.  This very well could be a necessary evil.  Except the drug in question was an over the counter pain killer...

The justices voted 2-1 in favor of the Safford School District on Sept. 21. The decision upheld a federal district court's summary judgement that Safford Middle School Vice Principal Kerry Wilson, school nurse Peggy Schwallier and administrative assistant Helen Romero did not violate the girl's Fourth Amendment rights on Oct. 8, 2003, when they subjected her to a strip search in an effort to find Ibuprofen, an anti-inflammatory drug sold over the counter and in prescription strengths.

Someone explain this one to me, because I just don't get it.  If I were that girl's father, I wouldn't have sued.  I'd have decked them.