Drug Testing in Schools Normal everyday school: suffocating smoke coming from the restroom‚ trading money for “goods” at lunch‚ and popping pills before fourth block. There are illegal drugs present in most schools‚ readily available to students. A drug test will test for any illicit drugs a student might have taken. There can be random or mandatory testing in schools if a policy is adopted. Unfortunately‚ most schools do not have a drug testing policy. More drug testing in schools would diminish
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The world of sports is vast and fun for the whole family. Sports provides entertainment for everyone‚ from little Johnny who plays baseball‚ to weird uncle Phil who is an arm chair quarterback. Few realize that sports help people in ways they can’t imagine. From Pakistan to the USA‚ people use sports to do things that may be more difficult to do in any other way. Building the self-esteem of both children and adults along with the building of social skills‚ bonding‚ making friends and other lifelong
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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Kara Dunn Axia College of the University of Phoenix What are performance enhancing drugs? They are drugs that give an athletic advantage over those who do not use them. Performance enhancing drugs can be used to enlarge muscles or increase the blood’s oxygen carrying capacity. The use of substances to improve athletic performance dates back thousands of years. These types of drugs are becoming more common and are being used at a younger age. Today’s
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Many of people don’t know about random drug testing for students in high school. There are many good things that come from randomly drug testing students. Random drug testing should be allowed for students in high school because it gives students a reason to not do drugs‚ it catches students that are doing drugs and it can help drug users get back on track in life. Randomly drug testing students is a good idea because it not only helps students that do drugs but it also saves the people around them
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Drug testing should not be mandatory for public school student athletes. Such mandatory tests in the public setting violate the students right to privacy. Students may feel very uncomfortable submitting a test that is very personal of themselves. Why should they submit such a test when they haven’t done anything wrong from the beginning? Students should only have to be drug tested if they show signs that they are under the influence of drugs. If they behave in an abnormal manor where they
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Drug testing for professional athletes has been a debate for a long time. Drug tests are tests that are used to find out if someone has used drugs or not. “Urine is the most common type of drug test. Others are hair samples‚ sweat patches‚ oral fluid‚ and alcohol breath” (Drug Testing). Athletes get tested for drugs because they can have an unfair advantage over other athletes. “PEDs or Performance Enhancing Drugs are drugs that give athletes unfair advantages if they use them. PEDs have the ability
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3 Sep. 2013 “Do School Drug Tests Violate Students’ Rights?” To many students and their parents‚ taking a drug test is a violation of privacy. For the students it is ridiculous and embarrassing to pee in a cup for the school to test. Doing so without even telling the student first or asking if they are doing drugs. Some students refer to the U.S. constitution to show that random drug testing is a major violation of privacy. School drug testing should not be allowed because it is not
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"Drugs‚ Alcohol‚ and Tobacco Testing" The procedure of testing student for drugs‚ alcohol and tobacco before every school day should be allowed. The fact that the subject of drug testing has even been brought up is a sign that illegal substances have become troublesome in high school environments. Therefore‚ school officials should be allowed to use any means necessary to discourage the use of these illegal substances‚ even if it means that the school officials could become dangerously close to
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Federal Court Decisions Mandatory Suspicionless Testing of Student Athletes Ruled Constitutional The legal foundation for suspicionless student drug testing rests upon Vernonia v. Acton (1995). In that landmark decision‚ the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a school policy requiring student athletes to pass random urinalysis tests as a ground for participation in interscholastic sports. The Court rejected a Fourth Amendment claim asserting that such tests are an unconstitutional invasion
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illegal drugs on school property.” Adolescence who abuse substances are at risk of long- term impairment of cognitive ability and memory‚ lack of motivation and self –discipline‚ and have reduced school attendance. (American Academy of Pediatrics‚ 2007) While some professional organizations may disagree with randomly drug testing students‚ some schools who have adopted student drug testing are hoping it will serve as a deterrent and give students a reason to resist peer pressure to take drugs‚ a reason
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