Middle School Students Should Be Drug Tested

Imagine your twelve year old child just made their middle school basketball team. You both are ecstatic, but while filling out paperwork you come across a consent form for drug testing. Most parent first thought might be do I need to worry my child is taking drugs or is testing at this age necessary? Many middle schools nowadays are now requiring drug testing for students involved in sports and extracurricular activities. When students register they are required to sign a waiver consenting to random testing. I believe middle school students who are involved in extracurricular activities should be drug tested because it might help prevent them from trying drugs.
First, we have to try and understand why a child might have tried drugs to begin