Drug Abuse In School Drug Policy

The drug misuse and dependence policy, aims to support people misusing drugs to live safe and free from a drug dependence life (Department of Health, 2015). With this policy in place drug treatments are becoming more successful with 18% of people staying in treatment and leaving drug free (Department of Health, 2015) this shows the policy is successful and works with people to reduce drug dependency (HM Government, 2012). 193,198 people aged 18 and over were in treatment for drug use during 2013 to 2014, 29,150 of these patients completed treatment and have overcome their drug dependency (Public Health England, 2014). From when the policy was first introduced, drug use is at its lowest since measurement began in 1996 (Featherstone, 2013).

Safford School District, like many school districts, has a policy strictly prohibiting the use, possession, or sale of any drug on school grounds, including prescription drugs, without advanced administrative permission. Students in violation will be subject to removal from school property and will be subject to prosecution in accordance with the provisions of the law.Students attending school in the District who are in violation of the provisions of this policy shall be subject to disciplinary actions in accordance with the provisions of school rules and/or regulations. Safford is like many other public schools where it finds itself on the front lines of a war against drug abuse among students. As such, Safford has firsthand experience with some of the trends in this area that are by no means unique to its community. With students beginning to experiment with drugs at a rapidly earlier age precisely middle school. the abuse of prescription and over-the- counter drugs has become more prevalent because of the relatively easy access to these drugs and a prevailing notion that they provide a “safe” high. As a result of student giving out over the counter drugs one boy who took the pills had a bad reaction and became seriously ill leaving him several days in an intensive care unit.

Drug policy is a crucial topic in the country today. Substance abuse, as well as drug-related crime rates, are a huge problem. This is a fact. The way to fix the problem of substance abuse, however, is widely disagreed upon. Some think that stricter laws regarding drug possession and use would solve the problem, while others believe that loosening the restrictions would be a better option. The issue of legalizing drugs, especially marijuana, is one that is debated all the time. In fact, in 1995, a survey was conducted on the most important policy issues and eighty five percent of the country placed drugs at the top of the list (Falco 1996). Many states are actually beginning to decriminalize, and even

Three decades from now, T.L.O., a student at a New Jersey High School was caught smoking in a school restroom, and was brought to the assistant principal’s office. The 14-years-old teenager denied smoking, so the assistant principal persisted in searching her purse and found cigarettes, and rolling paper which is associated with marijuana (T.L.O. vs. New Jersey). Nothing has changed since then. If you look a little closer, you can see teenagers lying around doing drugs here and there. They are no longer determined to succeed in life; instead all they can think about is where the next supply of cocaine will come from. What has our future come to? Research done by scientists and other professionals provide evidence that substance abuse by teenagers is an ever-growing problem due to teen’s poor judgement, it’s irreparable damage, and inability to compete with drug addiction.

A rule that Monett High School should have is mandatory drug testing for all athletes I say this because if athletes are suppose to be are role models in school and they aren’t doing whats right them by are they called role models they are suppose to show us what to do not what not to do. That is what I think my school should have as a rule.

The problem of weapons and drugs in schools has become a serious problem in schools throughout the United States. Almost 20% of all students in high school report that they have carried a weapon at least once, and in the past two years there have been over 80 homicides committed on school grounds. Also, teenage drug use in America is the highest of any industrialized nation and it is only getting worse. After a decade of declining drug use, the use of all illegal drugs by teenagers has increased significantly. Sixty-one percent of seniors in high school report of having used drugs and the percentage of children using drugs by the sixth grade has tripled. "In a recent survey, 19 percent of

I truly believe that if you can approach and tackle an issue before it arises you have a better chance of preventing long-term issues that will emerge in the future. Through my studies I have learned that if you educate students on bad choice making and the consequences that come from it you have a better chance for those students not to make those bad decisions. For this Midterm Project I plan to target high school students and inform them about drug use and abuse. In my opinion I think that if we teach high school students the effects that drugs can have on your body and your future maybe we can prevent them from using drugs for the first time or stop the issue before it gets out of hand. Students who are in high school can be hard to talk to but if you use material and language that catches their attention your speech can very influential to them. I want to prevent teens from using drugs. I want and need them to be educated on all the harms that illegal substances do to your body immediately after using them and what long-term effects come with it as well. Students should be shown real life examples of citizens who have lived their lives influenced by drugs and examples of successful people who have chose a

The existence of a myriad of social problems among teenagers that both parents and states have to deal with is a factor whose weight ought not to be treated lightly. The increasing level of drug use among the adolescents constitutes one of the ever increasing situations in the society and may, as a matter of fact, be a representation other underlying issues. The level of the situation in the contemporary world, though not discussed as much as it ought to be, has reached alarming levels. There seems to be an increasing predisposition among the use to take the drugs as it's reflected in the escalating trends of drug abuse among this generation of individuals (spooner, 1999). The ever deteriorating levels of this situation coupled with the widespread permissiveness in the society and the absence of attention from appropriate caregivers at different institutions only means that the need to address the problem is paramount. Different avenues of solutions can be applied in reducing the level of the problem and averting the massive negative consequences that come with the phenomena. Dealing with this issue is not a matter of instance as the different parameters of the problems, its causes and possible workable solutions have to be discovered. As such, research on these dynamics is a mandatory undertaking.

Residential schools were something I was unaware of up until the past year, and I believe the fallout from them is something that should be taken much more seriously than it is. An inconceivable amount of people have been affected by this schools, with depression, suicidal thoughts and substance abuse haunting them even when they found a safer place. The fact that so few people are aware and concerned about this is disheartening and makes me wonder how much other people care about things that don’t affect them. The ignorance borders on racism, seeing as if a child in regular school in the 1960s came and said that they were sexually abused by a teacher the government would have taken care of it within a second. But, they have had over 50 years

I fully support enforcing drug policies. Its mind-blowing how far kids will go; even to deliberately target or bully ADHD/ADD kids to share their meds. It would be great to also show your support to your student Josh, that you care about him too. He certainly already learned a life-changing lesson. Expelling him and sending him to an Alternative school would do him more harm, than good. More importantly, Josh is not a threat to anyone, he is a gentle soul.

Prescription drug abuse among college students have increased over the past few years and is now a national problem. College students are abusing stimulant prescription pills just to stay awake to study and they will abuse the prescription pills just to stay awake to socialize with friends. According to the journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, they have come up with a new term called Generation RX, which is known to the rising group of young adults who are abusing prescription medication. In 2008 the National Drug Survey on Drug Use and Health had found an increase of 21.1% in the general population in the use of nonmedical prescription between the years of 1992-2003 and 15% of people ages 18-25 reported the use of prescription pills. Research showed that in the past ten years prescription stimulants has passed the abuse of other drugs on college campuses. The only drug that research says that prescription pills did not pass for being used more commonly was marijuana. College students have reported saying that they use prescription stimulants for both academic and recreational. To be more specific, college students said, "Alcohol, marijuana, prescription barbiturates, and cocaine were used mainly as "have fun" drugs. While ADHD medication was used for "getting good grades". (DeSantis et al., 2008, p. 317).

The first article is written by Allison Ritter and David McDonald (2008) called “Illicit Drug Policy: Scoping the Interventions and Taxonomies” and the second article is called “Mental Illness, Recidivism, and Loss of Good Time among Inmates in a State Prison” by Jill Harrison and Amanda Nadeau in 2007.

The Drug Free School Zone Laws aim to better protect vulnerable people from exposure of drug use in schools, churches, parks, and recreation centers (Porter & Clemons, 2013). This policy gives assurance to vulnerable people in hopes they experience less exposure to drugs, especially in their formative years and in the places where they can learn, have fun, and feel safe (Porter & Clemons 2013). The intended benefits for this policy provide the service of ensuring a safe place for vulnerable people to grow and learn, and hopefully minimize drug use in these areas (Porter & Clemons 2013). However, within this policy several flaws within it make the policy unfair to those who live within distance of the zones, but receive harsher punishment than an individual using drugs outside the zone (Porter & Clemons, 2013).

Most school systems have a relax to a zero tolerance policy when it come to dealing with controlled substance of prescription drugs on their school campus. Depending on the school system most school do have an on campus nurse that is certified and trained to provided medical attention or provided prescription drugs if needed to students or stuffs. (School District Drug Policies, 2016). Nurse are certified and trained to treat patient, educate patients and family member of the patients about any medical related topics and perform the basic medical tests and procedures on their patient at that time. Most of the training an nurse have to perform are; patient care, advanced cardiac life support, acute care, case management, clinical experience

Through researching the current trend toward medicating students in order for them to better fit into the school system, I found the following sources that give information about the number of students given drugs to help them concentrate or perform better in school: College Students take ADHD drugs for better Performance, Students used to take drugs to get high. Now they take them to perform better in school. These three sources will help me inform you on the effects or failure of taking drugs.