I am writing this informational paper to inform you on the dangers of drugs and why we need drug testing at our school. Drug testing is a good idea since many of the students do take drugs even though staff thinks otherwise. I think drug testing will slow down the intake of drugs tremendously‚ and will be a scapegoat from the any situation where they are offered a drug. There are many long and short term effects of doing drugs and finding a way to stop those effects will help all students. Many long
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Former Texas longhorns head football coach once said‚ “Most players don’t mind drug testing once they realize they don’t have to study for it.” The reason for quoting that is because there is more to the drug testing of athletes than just having to “study.” Studying is the least of an athlete’s worries. They have to worry about the consequences of failing a random test‚ disappointing their fans‚ team‚ and family. Here is more. Why this topic? Growing up my childhood consisted of sports and more
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High schoolers tend to not make good choices as they get older. In the article “Drug Testing of High School Students May Help Prevent Substance Abuse” written by Joined Together Staff says‚ “Once students graduate and move off to college‚ all bets are off‚ and the rates of drug and alcohol use go through the roof.” Once students think they are older‚ they think they can do whatever they want and never get into trouble. Students at a younger age are easier to deal with when getting help‚ because they
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Please Pee In This Cup In January 2005‚ a school in Kent becomes the first state school in the UK to report the introduction of random (‘suspicionless’) drug testing. Testing is already widespread in independent boarding schools‚ with three-quarters of schools reported to be using some drug testing. Although the enthusiasm from teachers and parents for testing‚ a few practical studies have examined the effects of drug testing in schools. One thing that makes this problem difficult to address
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Drug Testing You are playing varsity for the sport you love your freshmen year. You have many colleges looking at you already and you are still a freshmen! Next thing you know‚ you are going to the collage of your dreams on a scholarship. This is the best thing that has ever happened to you but‚ you have a dirty secret…...When you were in high school you developed a drug addiction. The college you go to gives a drug test every month. With your addiction‚ you don’t pass‚ you get kicked off the
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Across the United States there is a boundless debate on whether high school seniors should be required to pass standardized testing in order to earn a high school diploma and move on to higher education. There is no shortage of problems that arise with standardized testing. Lack of funding and resources cannot provide students with all of the help they need to pass these tests. Most teachers also have a strong opinion on the subject. Some teachers feel pressure to “teach the test”. Standardized tests
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In response to the increasing number‚ in April of 1989‚ MUSC instituted a drug testing policy. Women who came into MUSC that presented suspicion of drug use were subjected to the drug screenings. If the tests were positive‚ it was reported to police and the women were subsequently arrested. MUSC worked in conjunction with the Solicitor for Charleston in the prosecution of mothers whose children tested positive for drugs at birth. Petitioners were
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Chairman‚ Ladies and Gentlemen Today’s motion is school students should face a mandatory drug testing session. That is‚ students have to be drug tested. I support the motion because such scheme protects both students and the whole society. I will put forward 2 strong reasons today about the advantages of this mandatory scheme. Firstly‚ it serves as a strong deterrent. Drug abuse remains a serious problem in schools. Many anti-drugs campaigns implemented by the government were ineffective
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ABOUT ORAL FLUID DRUG TESTING N3 Fact #1 – The use of oral fluid testing is growing each year.1 Oral fluid drug testing in the workplace is relatively new compared to laboratory-based urine testing. But in a fairly short period of time it has become the testing method of choice for many companies. While it will not meet the needs of every employer‚ because of its unique advantages it will appeal to many
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through technological and medical intervention‚ including the surgical removal of ovaries‚ the Bokanovsky Process‚ and hypnopaedic conditioning. Another is the creation of complicated entertainment machines that generate both harmless leisure and the high levels of consumption and production that are the basis of the World State’s stability. Soma is a third example of the kind of medical‚ biological‚ and psychological technologies that Brave New World criticizes most sharply. It is important to recognize
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