...Many schools have implemented drug testing for students playing sports or joining extracurricular activities. This new program has caused overwhelming controversy among schools, teachers, parents, students, and other officials across the country. The biggest reason for these new found programs may be contributed to recent polls, which have shown an increase in drug use among students. Now many parents, teachers, students, and other officials are for drug testing. However, many are not. One argument against drug testing is that it invades the students privacy. The fourth amendment states "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." This was put into place to protect U.S citizens against practices such as random drug testing. Without cause there is no reason to do a random drug test. On the other hand what about a student’s right to an education in a safe and drug free environment? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse “ marijuana use has increased in 2011 to 7.2% of 8th graders, 17.6% of 10th graders, and 22.6% of 12th graders this is up from 5.7%, 14.2% and 18.8% in 2007.” And according to the U.S. Department of Human Health Services the “Illicit drug use rate among children...
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...The making of a good school is the ability of the school to educate, monitor and prevent students from being involved in drug abuse. Having a set of regulations and guidelines helps the district to set perimeters for students’ behavior. One such guideline should include the use of drugs as a violation to school rules. It should be a school policy that any student participating in any sport will be subjected to a random drug test. It should also be standard practice that when a student goes out for any sport, that coach should be responsibility for taking the student through an orientation session to inform the students of his/her responsibility as it relates to staying drug-free. It is the school district’s responsibility to monitor this...
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...Students have to come to school sober, the teachers should too. Schools randomly drug test their students; not to mention, the teachers that educate those students never have to submit to a drug test. More than four out of five U.S. employers now require pre-employment drug tests (Join Together Staff); however, school corporations are not one of them. When parents send their children to school they are putting the safety of their children in others hands. The parents are expecting that those adults will be responsible enough to take care of their child. The schools do not even know for sure if their faculty is or is not trustworthy because the teachers do not have to undergo a drug test even before they are given the privilege to work in that...
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...In the past few years, drug use in high school students has continually increased. Drug use is a major problem and is becoming more and more of a dilemma everyday. Because of this, school administration are starting to take a stand. They have began giving “random” drug tests. These drug tests affect students who participate in extracurricular activities, plan on attending prom, and have a high school parking pass. By giving these random drug tests, schools are given a chance to track the drug usage throughout their school. Teen drug and narcotic usage has became more of a problem in recent years due to the fact that students are beginning to feel more comfortable with the consequences that could be faced when being caught with or using drugs. By putting that into perspective, raising the consequences of being caught with drugs along with conducting drug tests, the usage of drugs and narcotics may become more feared. People have concurred that drug testing has both strengths and weaknesses; however, many people will agree that the arguments agreeing with drug testing outweigh the arguments against it. Random drug tests are a distinguished way to control the uprising problem of drug usage among teenagers. Although high school drug tests have caused controversy, they are the best way to solve the drug...
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...performance and schools. I think that school should have random drug tests because I feel it will help student and their daily activities. Students cannot focus well while being in a classroom while under the influence of marijuana or any other kind of drugs. Smoking can have an effect on a lot of teenager’s grades. There has been a big failure rate in the Unites States due to teenager’s low performance. Most of the low performance is due to drug use. Around the world a lot of schools have had killings. Someone under the influence brought a gun to school and caused deaths of students. If there be random...
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...We all know that random drug testing students has been the talk for many years. The questions that parents are asking, is if testing is really beneficial, and if it helps prevent drug abuse or not. Parents argue that if it will help, and other argue that it’s nothing but a violation of students rights. Side A of the argument states that random drug testing can help prevent drug abuse. A columbia University did a survey on teens and they found out that 62 percent of high schoolers and 28 percent of middle schoolers knew of drugs being sold and used at their schools. The students that go to a school that has drugs are more likely to start using them, than the kids that are at a drug free school. Califano states “ I think when parents feel...
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...Drug testing school students is an idea that started spreading throughout high schools in the late 1980's. Very few schools across the United States would drug test students during this era. School districts started out just testing athletes. A couple decades later, junior high students would start to be added to those who are tested. This is when schools would expand testing to extra-curricular activities outside of sports. Students in band, choir, or those who drive to school would be required to submit to drug testing. ("Drug Testing: Background Information") About 20 percent of schools now enforce random drug testing. (Cheng "Drug Testing in Schools is Ineffective") School districts will randomly select students to be tested. These students will only be from a pool of students active in extra-curricular activities. Students can also be drug tested if the school has reasonable suspicion of them using drugs or having drugs on them. It will usually be a urine sample from one or more of the students selected. They then test these samples for drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and even prescription pills. ("FAQ: Drug Testing in Schools") Schools have implemented drug testing to help decrease the amount of drug use in their communities and to make school environments better. ("FAQ: Drug Testing in Schools") Over 1,000 public school districts have now implemented some sort of drug testing policy for their students. In 2002, The supreme court ruled that random drug testing...
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...the Supreme Court ruled that both middle and high schools have the choice of whether or not to test students for illegal drugs. When deciding, they have to consider the pros and cons. There are articles that state that drug testing should be done in both middle and high school. There are also articles that state there should not be drug testing in middle and high school. You may be asking yourself why should both middle and high school students be tested for drug use? According to one article, if students are tested, it will help the students to stay drug free. In addition, if there is no drug use in a persons teen years they are less likely to use drugs as an adult. There are both short and long term affects of taking drugs in the teen years! It could very well lead to poor judgement, poor decision making, and drugs could even effect those around you. (What You Need to Know About Drug Testing in Schools). If drug testing occurs in your school, it may decrease the amount of drug usage because of fear of getting caught. Athletes will also want to continue with sports or activities. “For one thing, it gives them a good excuse to say “no” to drugs.” (What You Need to Know About Drug Testing in Schools 4). It helps students to say no, because they can claim that they will be kicked off the team, or grounded, if they get caught. You may be saying to yourself, “why shouldn’t middle and high school students be tested for drugs?” The first reason is parents should trust their children...
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...A majority of schools do not have the leeway to support unproductive, mandatory drug testing of high school student athletes. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, drug testing is in need for more research due to the lack of evidence and success it produces (Christopher). In fact a national survey of high school students concludes that random drug testing does not reduce scholars’ substance use within school (Study Finds Random). High school athletes should not be drug tested because of the negative effects and alternative solutions. Most high school athletic drug testing contracts are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars (Mary). In that case Dr. Sharon Levy of the AAP stated that every student that gets drug tested it is worth $24. Dr. Sharon Levy also estimates that there is about one positive test for every 125 students tested, and it costs approximately $3,000 for each positive (Christopher). With that in mind out of 3,311 drug tests, the University Interscholastic League, in Texas, conducted there were nine positives. In fact the progressive rate of positive drug tests has never risen above one percent (Mary). Also, following a year with the lack of financing, the Florida High School Athlete Association disconnected after the drug testing of “600 students for $100,000.” “Not to mention the championship event of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, when 500 student...
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...4/9/14 Mrs. Yarow A Proposal for Drug Testing of Community College Athletes To be the best in America today is often to some people the only thing that matters. This is especially true in the world of sports where big money and big egos are constantly waging battle to show who is the best and the biggest. Often times however there are those athletes who want to take things a step further, and that means steroids. It is for this reason that we believe that in the spirit of fair competition, community college athletes should be tested for performance enhancing drugs deemed illegal by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In this day and age, athletes have become some of the most respected and sought out members of our society. Salaries of professional athletes are constantly skyrocketing to new levels, while the growing fan base continues to support it. Why have sports become so intriguing to our society? Perhaps it is the fact that athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than ever before. They can perform at a much more competitive level and achieve previously unattainable goals. Some of this can be contributed to the evolution of man and sports, but many concede that performance enhancing drugs seem to raise the standard of excellence for many athletes. College athletes must deal with the pressure of using drugs to compete at a higher level. The NCAA is the governing body of all college athletics and is responsible for the drug program. Each year the NCAA publishes...
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...Essay #1 Drug Testing in High, Pro or Con? There is a lot of controversy today on whether or not drug testing in high school is appropriate. There are many things to consider when making this decision, like constitutional rights and privacy, cost, and even if doing random drug tests will change the problem (drug problem). Los Angeles Times writer David G. Savage asks in the article “Justices Consider School Drug Tests,” “Could routine drug tests, like metal detectors, soon become an accepted part of daily life at many American high schools?” Drugs have become a major problem with children, but not all of them are experimenting with them. Many people believe that it is against the child’s 4th Amendment rights, which we all know protects people from unreasonable searches and seizure, that being said, unless the child is coming to school either “high” or “stoned,” has actual drugs on his person or has been known for drug use, doing a drug test is intrusive and a waste of time. Economic cost is another issue. According to M. H Davis in “Facts and Statistics on Random Drug Testing of High School Students” website www.everydaylife.globalpost.com, “The average drug test cost between $15 and $35, and at high schools administering tests to all students, the costs add up quickly.” So if there is a class of 1000 children, there is a bare minimum of $15,000. I’m sure the school systems have a lot more educations things that the school could benefit from rather than drug testing. Besides...
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...Random Drug Testing: Waste of Time Her grades fell. She was always tired. She never seemed to be able to focus at school. Classes she used to be interested in became utterly mundane. Friends she used to care about became replaceable. She stopped spending time with her family. She sat on the bench at every soccer game instead of becoming the star player her coaches thought she could. This is what addiction to drugs can do to a young person’s life. Addiction can take away everything that once made that young person happy. The only thing that matters anymore is the drug, getting high, and getting higher. It is a horrible and tragic thing that destroys so many young lives. Some people think that in order to prevent these situations, the best solution is random drug testing. But this is not a reasonable solution whatsoever. Many more students are using and selling drugs as they roam around the campus, but will never be “caught” with such a fickle and illusive process. Random student drug testing is not a plausible solution for the drug problem in public schools; it is unreliable and it infringes on the lives of those students involved. Those who support random drug testing argue that the growing trend of drug testing a small population of students in a school is effective at attacking the drug abuse problem, because fewer students will use when there is an obvious consequence (Drug Testing in School Activities 2). They b... ... middle of paper ... ...o Hear Arguments...
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...Should schools to Conduct Mandatory Drug Testing on Students? Molly, X, Coke, Snow, Kush, Sess, Wack, Roofies, Lucy in the Sky, Ganja, and Ice are just a few names of some drugs that are popular with middle and high school students. Drugs are readily accessible and ubiquitous for any students who want to buy them at schools, playgrounds or on the street if the price and time is right. Kids as young as twelve years old are experimenting with drugs, while many parents are oblivious of their child’s circumstance. Random drug test in schools are beneficial for the people it affects, because it can alleviate drug use by the student that uses, weaken or terminate the drug possession on school grounds, and can save a child’s life in the long run. Paragraph 1: Drug testing in schools can alleviate the students use early on when detected by drug test. Many schools have substance abuse programs and counseling readily available for students in need. Paragraph 2: With drug testing becoming mandatory, drug possession on campus will weaken and possibly cease because students are afraid of being caught with drugs in their system. Paragraph 3: Mandatory drug testing in schools can possibly save a child from a long life of drug abuse and possibly overdosing. Conclusion: Drugs are everywhere and they are here to stay! It is an everyday battle that most do not want to take part in, due to the path you will take while under the influence of drugs. It has come down to mandatory...
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...a preemployment drug test is required for the conditional of job offer as being constitutional. This case also discusses that a government employer is unable to demonstrate that it had a special need to drug-test a job candidate. Also whether or not drug testing should be used a determining factor in the hiring decision of a potential employee within the organization. Another important aspect to look at in the discussion of drug testing is whether or not if the job candidate can refuse drug testing without facing adverse employment consequences. There are many types of employment tests that many employers base their hiring and promotion decisions on. Employment tests are also used by employers within an organization to screen for fitness of the individual and whether or not they would be able to complete the job that would be required of them. Some of the these tests that completed by employers are designed to identify disqualifying characteristics such as illegal drug use, lack of truthfulness, intelligence, psychological, skill, and physical in order to complete any or all of the jobs that may be required of the employees in order to work for a particular organization. Not only is dug testing looked at in this case but also whether or not the Fourth Amendment is violated on the basis of unreasonable search and seizure that shows the “most significant limitation on drug testing” that is found in both the U.S. Constitution and state constitutions. Drug testing occurs under a variety...
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...Many high school students all over the country know someone that uses or abuses at least one drug. Not only are drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines bad for you, over the counter drugs such as painkillers can be just as bad. Some people even make the choice to use steroids to have an advantage in athletics or just to look more physically fit. Drugs have been a serious issue for student athletes for a long time and are still an issue today. Drug testing of members of high school athletics and activities should take place to make sure that students aren’t making decisions that could turn into addictions and so that they are putting themselves in a position to be successful. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2013, drug use was down to just under twenty-nine percent. This was about seven percent lower than the year before. Drug use had started to decrease until the use of marijuana skyrocketed. Today, fifty percent of high school seniors have admitted to using an illegal sometime in their life and about thirty-five percent admitted to using marijuana in the past year (The Science of Drug Abuse & Addiction). Also reported was the use of Adderall. Just fewer than...
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