Valley View High School Case Study

Even though drug testing is very expensive, ALL high school’s athletes should be tested because drugs are bad for your health and very addictive. A simple drug test could save many lives. Many schools around deny the request to drug test their athletes for the simple conclusion that the cost of the testing would just be to expensive. I disagree whole heartedly on that because although it may be expensive, we could save so many lives by requiring drug tests to play sports. Many students have love for the game who would have no problem giving up drugs for the chance to play sports with drug tests and a little guidance.

In many high schools around the country, student athletes are using drugs. “The percent of students that have drunk alcohol is 72.5% while the number of students who have used marijuana is 36.8%” (Report: Nearly Half of High School Students Using Drugs, Alcohol). The students believe that since they are athletes that they do not need to abide by the rules because they feel more superior and that the narcotic will not hurt or affect them. Implementing random drug tests for athletes will create a positive image and not hurt others or themselves. Schools need to have drug tests for student athletes because drugs effect relationships, using drugs have consequences, and lastly they have a major effect on the body.

Both Brann and Superintendent Steve Mazingo said the North Carolina High School Athletic Association may soon mandate that area school districts drug test their athletes. It is a step in the right direction in terms of protecting our athletes from substances (Mazingo) On June 26, 1995, the United States Supreme Court ruled that middle and high-school athletes can be required to submit to drug tests as a condition of athletic participation, according to the Cato

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The amount of homicides have increased by 7.4 percent in the past few year all of them were drug related. Drug testing High school athletes is a good idea because it has the kids pick a priority in life. It also teaches them responsibility and the consequences

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Slowly pushing students to become addicts, drug testing high school student athletes may or may not be to blame. In Facts & Statistics on Random Drug Testing of High School Students, Dr. M.H. Davis stated, “In the early 1990s, many school districts began to look into drug testing as a

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 to the New York Times. For example middle school's students are more likely to use marijuana more than steroids or any other drug, but the drug testing works so that they don't do drugs.

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Drug Testing on Athletes If the high school that you went to did randomized drug testing on athletes would you have been fine with it? Drug testing is violating the athletes Fourth Amendment right. The testing is a waste of money by the school. Drug testing doesn’t deter student athletes from doing drugs if he or she know it is randomized. Randomized drug testing of high school athletes is a bad idea.

Drugs are for Losers: Drug Testing Required! Do you know someone who is a student athlete? What would you think if he/she consumed illegal drugs? What would you do if you found out he/she died from drugs? Student athletes are not aware of the long-term consequences of consuming drugs in their life. Adults need to step up and approach student athletes about the danger of the impact it can have on their life. Many student athletes will consume drugs in their teenage years to improve their performance in the sports they play. Athletes are not educated well enough in high school about the harm that a drug can do to their body. While drug testing invades the athlete's personal life, every high school should drug test their student athletes before

Student athletes should always be required to take a drug test because it can affect their sports. Student athletes could be ruining their chances at getting a scholarship for sports. If any

Greetings! As a rising 8th grade student at Sun Valley Middle School in Indian Trail, I would like to describe the problems I have continued to view within the school system and provide ideas on how to fix them. First, I feel the curriculum should be altered.One could observe that a rife of the knowledge we learn in school will either be forgotten entirely later in our lives, must be relearned as a result of how long ago it was taught, or most commonly, the knowledge rattles around in our heads and lacks use.Take for example, the formula for calculating electric current. The vast majority people will not find themselves needing to calculate the wattage of an electrical appliance unless they are an engineer or electrician. Even if you were to have a job in either of those positions, you certainly would not be

Student Athletes,Should They be Drug Tested? Imagine playing a sport, having fun but then,someone rushes by or tackles you,looking buffed up and clearly on steroids cheating and winning the game. This carries on throughout the game as they keep on beating you and your team from size,strength and speed. Clearly this isn’t fair and makes the sport you play not fun. One quote was from one of Armstrong's former teammates,“Tyler Hamilton, who was forced to return his 2004 Olympic gold medal after being found guilty of doping. In recent public appearances, Hamilton has implored young athletes to resist the temptation to dope.” He then said to kids who take steroids,"There's so much pressure on winning—it's tough for these kids to stay true to themselves," he said (Crary).” Student athletes should be drug tested before they’re allowed to play because they might cheat, it could affect their health earlier in life, and they might have to suffer major consequences.

It seems that drugs have become a major epidemic within teenagers in the last few years. There is only so much that can be done to try and eliminate drug use, while not dramatically changing anything in the community. Drug testing the district’s student athletes provides many reasons that it is a worthwhile expense. Lawyers, Mark Vetter and Daniel Chanen, stated in the Sports Law Institute Newsletter “First, student-athletes were the leaders of the drug culture” (Vetter and Chanen ¶3). This simple statement proves that athletes need to be drug tested; it will improve multiple circumstances within the district and the lives of athletes. Drug testing student athletes at the high school level is a step every school district needs to take in order to improve their schools, and the students’ lifestyles despite the high price tag on these tests.