Persuasive Essay On Drugs In Schools

A controversial subject many Americans are constantly at battle over is legalizing drugs. Some experts have the opinion that drugs should be legalized for medical treatment, and for help with severe illness. Other experts argue that this will have a bad effect due to overdosing and addiction, and also the adverse affect on teens. I do not think that drugs should be legalized but they should allow people with serious medical conditions to use these illegal drugs. Legalizing drugs would only create and even bigger drug abuse situation, and especially for juveniles. Legalizing drugs would also create the question of what to do with criminals who are already incarcerated for this offense. There are surveys, which give statistics on crime, and how crime rates are affected by the use of drugs. For example, there is one survey called the “National

When kids get into fifth grade a D.A.R.E officer comes to teach the fifth graders about how bad drugs are to your health and how much they can ruin your life. D.A.R.E is a program for fifth graders that teaches them not to use addictive substances because of how it can ruin your life. Once a week, on Mondays, at the end of the school day our classroom has D.A.R.E. Every city that has the D.A.R.E program for their schools has their own D.A.R.E officer. In Kennewick we have officer Mike Myer. D.A.R.E is a program that uses the authority of the police to teach the consequences of using addictive substances like drugs, alcohol, smoking, and explains how the social factors affect people on making wrong choices.

My topic is on juvenile drug abuse and my argument is that, juveniles who are caught doing drugs, or abusing them should not be given such harsh punishment, fines, and other things like that. Instead these juveniles should be given help and ways away from the drugs they have abused. This could be done by seeing what kind of home environment they are living in and what kind of parental supervision they are under. Most times when a juvenile is abusing drugs or being given drugs is when they are under no parental supervision or not good enough parental supervision. Juvenile drug abuse and its consequences serve a hard lesson on kids who face an actual problem which is easily fixable. If juveniles were helped instead of punished for drug abuse, the rates of juvenile drug addiction would drop dramatically.

The Children’s Safety Since marijuana has been deemed legal in the states of Colorado, it has been easier for school ages children and young adults to get it. From 1998 to 2008 there was a decline in use of marijuana and other drugs, but since it was been legalized the use of marijuana at school has gone up 25% on a monthly basis and 38% on a yearly basis (Guarino, para.3). Also with all these dispensaries around on even corner is seems, it is no wonder adolescent children are getting in trouble for having drugs at school. This is a problem because the parents do not usually know there is a drug problem until they get a phone call from their child’s school, informing them that their child has been expelled or arrested because they had drugs

However, students today are facing obstacles that potentially hinder their growth as a person before it can even begin. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the use of illicit drugs has increased over the last decade due to the growth of popularity of marijuana, which is in part credited to the overall casual attitude towards the possible harm of drugs such as marijuana and alcohol when abused. (High School and Youth Trends. (n.d.)) This trend can slowly ruin the student’s life if continued. As a sibling, I have watched my brother, once a 4.0 student, slowly fall down the path of drug abuse. I step back today and realize that if this testing strategy had been utilized during his career as a student, he would have been much more likely to either quit, or never start in the first place. Not only does this common substance abuse terrorize the future of the student at fault, it also distracts the students they surround everyday in the classroom setting. (NLCATP) As a student, a direct correlation between the people that impede on other’s learning can be observed with the students who are allegedly involved in these illegal activities. There is an implied assumption that these actions may contribute to the obstruction of learning in the classroom setting. These drug tests will not only handle the student’s drug abuse issue before it can permanently affect

Teen drug use around the world should be stopped because there’s possible reasons why in the future it might get even worser. It’s better to take precautions and take measures right now to see what is happening. If you are a parent, you should seek out to help your teen instead of not caring. Any parent should worry what their teenager is going through. You want to be able to talk to them, for them to open up to you of what’s going on. You have to know why they are doing drugs and should care about their opinions and not brush them off. I think as in a personal opinion there should be something where teenagers can seek help for themselves if they don’t have parents to help them or support them in the hard times. It’s not about pushing teenagers

Oregon has spent countless amounts of time and money  trying to prevent the use of illegal drugs and has since faced many repercussions in doing so, leading to higher drug use, racial profiling , higher incarceration rates and overall a waste of taxpayers money. The implementation of Oregon’s House bill 2355 decriminalized hard substances like methamphetamine. This was done in response to  Methamphetamine use skyrocketing over the past few decades as a result of the United States inadequate drug policies.

A young man is doing well in school, maintaining a job, and paying his taxes on time, but he is addicted to cocaine. He is a nice guy and lives his life just as any other normal person would, but he is constantly craving this drug. One day the police found him with cocaine and arrested him immediately to serve time in federal prison. This young man was not harming anyone but himself, and all he needed was help breaking the dependency of cocaine. Instead of receiving the help he needs, he spends years in prison and will probably resume his cocaine use after he is freed. Why should this man be sent to prison even though he has not harmed society in the slightest sense? Some would argue that making drug use illegal scares people from using drugs, while others would argue that sending people to prison for using drugs is costly and ineffective. How do we end this problem in America?

Today your best friend isn’t at school today, you’re worried because they usually text you every morning. They’ve never not texted you. You go throughout the day worrying, you know your best friend has been hanging out with some sketchy people, doing things you are against. Drugs. In this instance, it happens often, too many students are getting into drugs fast. Schools need to drug test and send students that test positive to a rehabilitation center. Everyone deserves a second chance, especially teenagers.

I think students should always get tested for any harmful testing. There does need to be more testing done to students who might be doing drugs. It is a very serious thing that needs to happen. There is to many kids doing it and it needs to be stopped for a better schooling and a better society. They could either do it by pee or my hair. It is very important for kids to learn to stay clean because jobs will not allow failed drug tests.

Since the beginning of time, humans have had vices, many of them psychoactive drugs. Similarly, mankind has always had a history of prejudice and mistreatment of groups with different beliefs or different skin color. In America, legislation of these drugs has often been used as a method to control minority groups. From alcohol in the 1800’s through opium in the mid 1800’s to cocaine in the early 1900’s and marijuana in the 1930’s, drug legislation has largely been driven by groups of people with prejudices against certain minority and ethnic groups. Through gaining support in Congress and often the backing of big industry money, these groups would push to ban or restrict these drugs that were usually associated with a minority group they opposed.

Drug addiction is a complex problem in society today. Addiction is a condition that extremely affects the person’s mind and body. Addiction also has wide sweeping effects on that person’s social connection and functioning. Unfortunately, many addicts don’t realize the social influence of their addiction until much of their functioning has greatly deteriorated.

A Roswell college student with a 3.7 grade-point average blows her tuition on drugs and is arrested for forging prescriptions. Drug-free: 390 days. An Alpharetta mom so amped up on meth she spent eight hours cleaning her oven with Q-tips. Now drug-free: 311 days. An Atlanta man so fixated on his next hit that he "literally walked over a dead body one day to get to the dope man's porch." Drug- free: 290 days. The reason I chose this topic, is because these 3 people have been clear of drugs for AT LEAST 290 days. Now the reasoning is because there is now drug rehabs helping people stop taking drugs. But the problem is, there’s not enough, I want to make sure as I'm growing up i’m surrounded by responsible people (Not saying I don’t want to live a perfect little life with NO mistakes, because mistakes happen, I just want it to be a mistake that doesn’t repeat itself). And the thing is, these people aren’t bad at all, they’re just addicted, and I want to help solve what we can do to help. Why do people take drugs? How easy is it to be addicted to drugs? What can we as a society solve drug addictions? This problem can be solved, it’s very simple actually. All we have to do is keep making drugs Illegal and keep making more and more rehabs, I mean above is evidence that it actually WORKS so all we need to do is make sure there is plenty of room to keep solving the issue.

Throughout life, whether in a workplace, associated with athletes, or in a school district, chances are one may be asked to take a drug test. Within, “The United States, approximately 50,000 people die each year as a result of taking drugs.” A drug causes our bodies to change, depending on the reaction the drug gives off. Interactions with drugs and, “Other complex social, psychological, and pharmacological factors [that have a] influence [on] the behavior of abusing individuals. In general, most addicts cannot afford drugs, “So they raise the money through crime” making it unsafe for the environment and the people surrounding. Drugs are not only a risk to the people doing the drug, but it is a risk to the society and innocent people. Since there are thousands of different kinds of drugs in the world today, how can we imagine a life without drugs? The answer is simple, we cannot. Drugs are a part of our everyday life, all around us, more common now than they used to be. Random drug testing and effective disciplinary actions with positive testing are essential to keeping our workplaces, school, thus, our society, at a decrease risk of harm and danger. Everyone knows that there are people going against the system, so something needs to be enforced and strict of procedures. The process for random drug testing and consequences should be consistent in our society through employees, professional athletes, and students.

Being a college freshman, seeing recreational alcohol and tobacco use is nothing new. Teen substance abuse is a national issue, however, I know it is a local issue too. We all hear about underage drinking or teens smoking, but do we really think about the causes and effects it can have on their futures? I went to a relatively small high school in Hartford, South Dakota, called West Central. One thing all grade levels of West Central have done to help prevent teen substance abuse is start a few organizations. These organizations are S.A.D.D., Students Against Destructive Decisions, and T.A.T.U., Teens Against Tobacco Use. The effects of drug and alcohol use can have severe impact on a person’s future. The prominence of substance abuse among high school students is causing schools to implement programs that they hope will establish positive decision-making skills in students at a young age.