Drug Testing For High Schools And Middle Schools

two percent of middle school students use drugs. Drugs are Many middle schools across the nation are using drug tests on not only athletes, but all students, attempting to stop the use of drugs. Students should not be tested for drugs whether they are athletes or not. Though it may keep some students from doing drugs, it's ultimately just a waste of time and money. The cost for drug testing is a high cost that schools can use for much better things. The article, Middle Schools Add a Team Rule:

The problem with drugs is that the responsibility they require is too big for middle school students. In middle school, kids are just learning how to make decisions on their own. This is one reason that drugs are a problem during this time. Peer pressure is a big factor in starting the drugs. This is how it spreads. Testing middle school students for drugs would be a way to solve the problem before it even begins. Middle school is a time where kids are still developing mentally, physically, and emotionally

English 10 June 11, 2017 Schools Drug Testing According to the New York Times great athletes were involved in drug unethical behavior over the past ten years. This brought a big attention to the schools across the nation to start drug testing student athletes. Giving this some thought school's drug testing students is a great idea. School teachers and administrators say that drug testing middle school's athletes would aid as a deterrent in the use of drugs for some student athletes according

Can Drug Testing Middle School Students Cause Harm? The school send a letter down to your teacher in the middle of the school day saying that they need you in the nurse’s office because they have suspicion that you might have been doing drugs or you're just in an extracurricular activity. Then they tell you that your going to have to submit to a random drug test. now you could say no and have yourself look guilty as well as risk getting kicked out of school for refusal to comply with the school's

gasoline, or nitrous oxide to get high for the first time in the last year(qtd “The Truth About Inhalants"). 1 in 5 students use marijuana regularly, 18 percent of teenagers use tobacco products, 14 percent abuse prescription drugs(“Drug Facts”). To counter this, schools have began to adopt policies which require students who wish to join a club, play a sport, or do school activities to sign up for random drug tests. Its becoming very popular in middle schools, high schools, and colleges. Although many

students, drug testing is a sensitive subject to discuss. Drug testing, with good intentions, is not always the best way to approach or even eliminate substance abuse. In fact, many students take many measures to either avoid drug testing or indulge in other, more dangerous, acts to avoid a positive resulting test. Although many students take these actions, drug testing in high schools has had a positive result on a school’s image and, in some cases, has prevented undesirable consequences. Drug testing

Is public school drug testing really appropriate? Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing (MRSDT) and school-based Suspicionless Random Drug Testing (SRDT) are two of many approaches that school districts could use to help prevent and lower the rates of drug and substance use (James-Burdumy 1). MRSDT was introduced in the late 1980’s when the United States Military created other programs to control substance use (James-Burdumy 1; Russell 169). The United States Department of Education’s Office of Safe

Debate: Should random drug testing be mandatory for all middle and high school students Position: Against Zebko, Nick. (2012) Accept no substitutes: new 'marker' system targets third method of drug test manipulation. Behavioral Healthcare 32.1 retrieved January 14 ,2016, from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA282841916&v=2.1&u=cclc_sequoias&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w A factor in why schools don’t drug test their students is because it doesn’t deter drug use and it's not 100% foolproof. In the

Should Drug Testing be allowed for High School activities? Drug testing is a great way to keep your kid safe. High schools and middle schools are starting to drug test their students. It can be very helpful, making sure students are safe, and are not doing any activities under the influence of drugs. However,some people are against drug testing, saying it is costly and ineffective. School drug testing programs will identify students who use prohibited drugs such as marijuana, alcohol, and cocaine

Random Drug Testing Gone Bad The goal of mandatory drug testing would be to reduce student substance by deterring substance use, detecting substance use, and the influence of the behaviors of students peers. Students involved in extracurricular activities, such as sports that are subject to in school drug testing, report less drug use than students in high school that do not play a sport and do not get drug tested. By drug testing the Athens student body would help by insure a safe, secure, and