Belpre Drug Testing

Rains, B. (2009). Testing Student Athletes for Drugs is Appropriate. In C. Watkins, Sports and Athletes (pp. 192-196). Detroit: Greenhaven Press.

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.

For decades, one of the most controversial debate topics has been whether random drug testing in high schools is justified. I St. Andrews Collage is one of the schools that participates in unannounced drug testing to monitor that the boys do not stray off track. In order to be accepted into the school, you must sign a form that says at any point in your years at the school, the school may be able to drug test you if they feel required. If any of the students test positive during their drug tests, that student will be expelled from the school. Personally, I find drug testing within high school an extreme invasion of privacy and I believe

“17% of teens drink, smoke, and use drugs during the day in the United States.”(Adler) This is the result of the absence of drug testing in our community, especially in our school. An analysis fact from CDC’s objective Terry Pechacek states that 50 million people do drugs in the united states and 4 million of them are underage and the majority of them are in a high school athletic. Citizens predict that this percentage number will slowly pullulate and gradually more high school athletes will be exposed to drugs. Schools should allow drug tests to be permitted on high school athletes because taking drugs are unfair to the sport, drugs harm the body mentally and physically, and it can ruin future opportunities for athletes if they get scholarships to universities.

There was an official investigation that led to finding high school athletes in Veronia School District in Oregon participated in illicit drug use. The school officials were concerned that drug use would and can lead to increase of sports-related injuries. The school districts adopted the Student Athlete Drug Policy which authorizes random urinalysis drug testing of its students athletes. A student, James Acton, was denied participation in his school's football program when his parents and him refused to consent to the drug testing. The drug testing was completely private. The results were viewed only by limited authorities. Furthermore, the governmental concern over the safety of minors under their supervision overrides the minimal, if any,

High School Students- If they’re going to drug test a student, it has to be random. If a person suspects a person is coming to school drunk/high, they should be able to test them then and there, with or without parent consent. Now if a student reports that another student is out every weekend and goes home after performing in games and gets high

Testing high school students for drugs isn't the wrong thing to do. High school students taking drugs are wrong because they can damage their bodies and even lead to killing themselves. Random drug testing of student athletes has become more common in some school districts and is probably being recognized in many others. Promoters of random drug inspection policies believe they will knock down the use of drugs and alcohol, at least with students and athletes. Not a lot of people would go against this desirable outcome; though, the system being utilized, the means, have heightened questions in the minds of many

Had I been on the board making the decision concerning random drug testing for athletes and those with parking passes I would have probably voted for the testing. I don’t believe all high school students are doing drugs, but I do think the student athletes should be tested for drugs for their safety as well as the safety of other. Collegiate and professional athletes are tested. As for those with parking passes, they too should be tested because they will be driving on school grounds and no matter what the school has some liability. I can see why some people argue that only a select group are being targeted and those who do not take drugs may feel uncomfortable but has to do with safety. As for the parent that said, schools educate and parents parent has no understanding that it takes everyone to raise a child. An example of a case relating to drug testing ;Board of Education v. Earls, 122 S.Ct. 2559 (2002) The Supreme Court held constitutional an Oklahoma school policy of randomly drug testing students who participate in competitive, non-athletic extracurricular activities. In reversing a federal court ruling, the 5-4 Court stated in its majority opinion that it found such a policy "a reasonably effective means of addressing the school district's legitimate concerns in preventing, deterring and detecting drug use.

“DON’T DO DRUGS!” This phrase is constantly repeated and everywhere you look at schools. They start preaching this to students at a young age to ensure that when the children are older they don’t participate in taking drugs. It has been recorded by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse that around seventeen percent of high school students are either drinking, smoking, or using drugs sometime throughout the school day (Huffpost, 2012). Imagine how many students are abusing or using drugs outside of school. There have been many ways to prevent drug use: locker searches, dogs used to sniff out the narcotics, and cameras. Due to this high rate of drug and alcohol abuse random drug testing in schools has become very popular and one of the biggest interdictions used today (Velasquez, 2010). Random drug testing is a concept of many procedures and tests that ensure the capture of drug abusers and misusers in a legal manner.

Drug testing, or DT, is considered to be any test administered to detect the presence of drugs, usually illegal substances, from a blood or urine sample. Major applications include the use to detect performance enhancing drugs in competitive athletes, employment screening used to filter candidates for hiring, and is often used by police to detect alcohol levels in drivers suspected of drunk driving. Historically, it has been applied to incriminate those suspected of consumption of illicit narcotic substances and also to confirm suspicions of illegal drug use, while individuals in sporting events undergo mandatory testing is implemented to catch those looking for a chemical upper hand to win in their sport or discipline. Yet the use of DT in the schools is becoming a far more common practice. Instead of using it to prove one’s guilt, they are being adopted as a deterrent for recreational drug usage in American youths by instilling fear that a positive test would force students to be excluded from participating in extracurricular activities that they so cherish. In the early 2000’s during a State of Union Address, President Bush stated that student DT is a proven and effective way to prevent substance abuse in adolescent students and it “is not to punish children, but to send them this message: we love you, and we don’t want to lose you” (Stuart 1057). In support of President Bush, the federal government spent over 18 million dollars on

Drug abuse has become a major issue in our society today and has even become a global problem that needs to be resolved. The illicit use of drugs often begins in adolescence, so it is not surprising that the idea of random drug testing in schools has become a popular response to the problem. “Adolescence represents a window of opportunity for prevention, because deterring drug use during this period is associated with a lifetime reduction in substance abuse (Goldberg, 2003). At this time there are not any federal laws related to drug testing in schools, but two different Supreme Court rulings have granted schools the authority to conduct drug testing in certain circumstances. “ In 1995, the Court ruled that it was legal for schools to

When asked if one would be willing to take a random drug test just to do the thing they love even if it was for a school event? A lot of people would say yes but just as many would also turn around and say the opposite. All students that have been undergoing this program are in public schools, being funded by the government. Students that are involved in volleyball, track, swimming, basketball, spanish club, and french club ect.) would be taking the random drug tests. Students should be randomly tested for drugs if they are participating in school activities.

Supreme Court ruling in support of random interscholastic student athlete drug testing, more schools than ever before have begun either mandatory, reasonable suspicion or voluntary types of drug testing as they battle drug abuse by their students”. We should make drug tests mandatory because they could save the lives of many kids. Also, they could protect the school and the community from the drugs going around. If we make them mandatory, then, we could create a better impression on the community and schools to other people. Drug testing could hurt the lives of many people but is very concerning when it comes to your child and his life outside of your

Many high schools across the country have brought much attention to the idea of giving random drug tests to students in high school. The newfound interest in student drug testing may be as a result of recent polls, which have shown an increase in drug use among high school students. Many teachers, parents, and members of school comities are for the drug testing, while most students and some parents feel that this would be a violation of students rights as Americans, which is true.

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.