Substance Abuse In Schools

Schools should not perform drug test on students because it’s not legal. According to the National Institute On Drug Abuse, schools are only allowed to legally drug test students who are on sports teams or in school clubs. This means that if a student is not on/in any of these the school can not drug

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.

Have you ever wondered how these kids were treated? Many kids from different tribes were living in residential schools even those who can’t get along with other children. They were forced to cut their hair which was humiliating for them, and in order to get food they had to work very hard. In residential schools children were just living in a very difficult condition.

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

In the United States, 27.2 percent of high school student participated in illicit drug use. While this number has lowered in the past two decades, dug use among teens is still a large issue. To combat this problem many schools have opted to drug test their students. Schools do have the right to drug test their students but there are constitutional limits in which a school can require mandatory drug testing. The constitutional limits include; health risks and personal injury risks.

Among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, 9.8 % are estimated to be current users of illicit drugs, with 4.9 % using drugs other than marijuana. Nearly three quarters of students have started to drink alcohol and nearly half (47%) have tried using an illicit drug (not including alcohol or tobacco) by the senior year of high school.” (Hassan, Harris, Sherritt, Van Hook, & Brooks, 2009)

Drugs are everywhere around the world. They are in the streets, labs, transportation, and and selling them. Above all, drugs have been a huge problem to the world and in recent years it is now in schools where education is important and helpful. It is why i think drug testing should be required in all the schools. Mainly because of drugs affecting students with their education and focus. Drugs are never good for your body and can be life threatening. Although some people believe that only certain amount to none should be drug tested in school, it is best to subject students to drug testing to prevent them from becoming addicts, commit crimes and not to ruin their life. Drug is a serious thing and can be dangerous if not handled seriously.

Our liaison works with our school nurse, who can follow up with blood pressure checks moreover urine tests if they question their addiction. We also have a substance abuse intervention agreement that is already in place. This agreement states it is in the best interest of their child to be randomly drug tested while being a student at our school. The agreement states that our school feels there has been enough evidence to show that the substance abuse has caused negative changes in behavior, attendance, along with lower grades. This agreement is in effect for all students involved in curricular or co-curricular activities while enrolled at our school. This gives our school permission to drug test at any time during the life of this contract, plus it does not violate a student’s privacy or constitutional rights of that

Many public schools believe that drug testing should not be taken as a stand-alone response to a drug problem, for the students. The main focus of student drug testing shouldn’t be to punish students currently taking drugs, but to help students to eventually help students come off drugs, and become drug free. In most cases drug tests normally test for five to ten drugs, including Marijuana, cocaine, testosterone and opioids. Many schools also have a student code of conduct, or an athletic conduct that say drugs are not to be used as they are a banned

This is clearly another consequence of the cuts in education. In 2002 Kendrick Wilson, in his article about education in Arizona, pointed out that 22% of students in Arizona high schools dropped out before earning a diploma, and did not earn the General Education Development certificate. He also addressed at that time the concerns of people like Jaime Molera, State School Superintendent, who declared the dropout rates as a “crisis in our state” and called for “all Arizonans to wake up to it.”” Fifteen years later, and looking at the statistics with rising numbers, it seems that nobody woke up to it yet. According to a study from Children’s Action Alliance, a Phoenix-based nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization, Arizona’s budget is backtracking on prevention strategies, putting more children at risk for child neglect and growing prisons. Schools in Arizona are working with minimums. They don’t have the professionals needed to treat and follow up those kids who are struggling at school or at their houses and need help. Psychologist and educators must work hard at schools to ensure that all kids have the right to a good education, and the right of having a good counsellor that guide them on

West Fargo School give police permission to have occasional visits to prevent drug uses in the schools, helps school to drugs free zone, and student be safe. Sometimes there are some problems with the use of drug sniffing dogs and sometime it makes them feel like a suspect. Some school does not have sniffing dogs and is not required by the state. Sniffing dogs not only helps school it also helps there parent be more caution of their children.

In my opinion I believe every school has their set of rules. The students should have random search for illegal substance for those students that have extracurricular activity should be require to do the drug testing for their own health. Especially for those that drive to school they can cause accidents. It’s better to have the students tested to be on the safe side. Also why have students that want to learn in school and get a better education would suffer for those that do drugs an act a fool. I mean having good health why throw it to the trash when you can become someone in life.

Drugs at my old high school was something big. The school constantly did surprise inspections on random classrooms and lockers with trained dogs. When they conducted this procedure, they usually caught a couple of students. My school was considered a poor school, few were the students who didn’t face financial problems. So, many students would sell drugs in and outside of school, these students never forced you to buy they just went on to the next. This was a common practice at my high school. Luckily I don’t see this problem at UC Merced, in fact this is a tobacco-free campus that should speak for its self. If there are students who sell drugs at UC Merced they aren’t noticeable like in my old high school, but I doubt there is any. Having

Drugs and alcohol is a rather important topic to be discussed among high school students. High school is notorious for being a time of experimentation, along with being a time filled with newfound freedom, and along with that comes difficult decisions sometimes. One thing that you can find almost anywhere in high school is peer pressure. Peer pressure can easily make kids succumb to the hopes and wants of others, this is especially true with drugs and alcohol. If you are with a group of friends, and they are doing something, most of the time kids will follow suit, in hopes to not look scared or weak in front of their friends. Many times in high school you will be confronted by difficult situations, however, these situations can be countered with responsible action, and asking yourself

If it is detected that a student does use drugs, there isn’t much that can be done, especially by the school, as supported by the excerpt from the passage, “In 2007, Dr. Goldberg published the results of a study of athletes at five high schools with drug testing and six schools that had deferred implementing a testing policy. He found that athletes from the two groups did not differ in their recent use of drugs or alcohol”(Pilon 23). With this evidence, it’s clear that drug testing will have little to no effect on the students tested.