Drug Testing in Schools

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Did you know that teens are more vulnerable than anyone to drug abuse? With teenagers their brains and bodies are still developing. When teenagers get addicted to drugs it can have long term effects that affect their judgments and the decisions they are going to make. Drugs can result in poor performance and learning in school, and sports activities. Ways to prevent drug problems from becoming an issue in schools is to hold random drug testing for students that want to participate in sports or school activities. Drug testing for schools is an excellent idea to prevent unfair advantages in sports games, to control the children that represent the school, and to keep the kids in a safe environment. The first reason to hold the drug tests is to be sure that the children representing the school aren’t participating in drug use. Think about it would you want someone using drugs illegally representing your school? How many times have you turned on the news, only to hear another story about a high school sports star using drugs such as steroids? Drug tests would be a way to prevent the school from letting it get that far. It is another way to make sure the school has positive role models leading the student body. Second, the sports games are supposed to be honest with fair sportsmanship. Most children participating in the games are competing in a fair way. It wouldn’t be fair to the kids that aren’t using drugs, such as steroids for example, because they are trying to play against children that are stronger than them due to taking unhealthy substances. How would you like it if you worked out everyday to build muscle, and you had to compete against someone that’s puts powder into a bottle of water to get their muscle? It’s not supposed to be the way teens play sports. The tests would give the scare to kids, so they start to work on getting better without taking the easy

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