Northville High School should not conduct drug test on students involved in extracurricular activities. Northville students should not feel threatened by the fourth amendment, but feel safe and have a safe mind. Many studies indicate that there are many reasons why not to conduct drug tests on students. Some reasons are that testing kids is very expensive, waste of time, and ineffective of stopping students from taking drugs. Northville High School should not drug test students participating in extracurricular activities. One reason to not drug test students is that it's really costly. According to American Academy of Pediatrics, it cost about $24 to test one student (Dr. Sharon Levy). The $24 will add up really quickly, there are 121 students …show more content…
In a study done in 2015, Dr. Levy of the AAP, said approximately there is only 1 positive for every 125 students. So if the school spends $20,000, there would only be 6 to 7 students who would test positive (Levy). Also another study was done in 2013 by Dan Romer, PhD, and Dr. Sznitman. The two conducted 361 interviews with high school students. The study shows, that most students are not impacted by the drug test and also Romer has noted that most students who take substances, don't do extracurricular activities. So the tests would be useless on students who don’t even take drugs. Another reason why drug testing students is bad because it is a waste of time. To get the results back, it takes approximately three days, in the three days, many things can be done. For an example, football, the school could hold practices for the students to improve on their skills. But, the school would be waiting on the results to come back in.
Northville High School should not drug test students trying to participate in extracurricular activities for various reasons. Such as it is costly, it costs a lot of money to test students. Next, it is ineffective, students still take drugs even if they know they will be tested. Finally, it is a waste of time, it takes to long to get results back, the school is wasting valuable time that the student could be using. With all those reason,
Between 1985 and 1989 the Vernonia School District began to see a marked increase in disciplinary problems, drug use by students, athletic injuries, use of drugs by athletes and a student body preoccupation with the drug culture. The school district adopted a policy requiring students who participated in interscholastic athletics to sign a consent of both routine and random drug testing.
In the Earls vs. Board of education the violation of Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution was mentioned. The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution states the “right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” .When Lindsay Earls was forced to perform a drug test at her school, the school violated her privacy rights. By law children and teens under the age of 18 are forced to attend school, therefore when Lindsay was a minor she didn’t have a choice. The school doesn’t represent a reasonable reason in order to have performed the drug test. Lindsay was an extraordinary student participating in many extracurricular activities such as Choir, National Honor Society, marching band and an academic team. Drug testing in schools is not required because it shows no improvement to the school, it takes away money from the school for each drug test performed, the drug test aren’t always correct, and drug testing can actually cause emotional trauma on students.
In Vernonia v. Acton, the issue in question is the school’s ability to drug test student-athletes. In the mid 80’s, the Vernonia School District noticed an uptick in drug use, and more so from athletes. Furthermore, the football and wrestling coach cited several situations that he felt drug-use was causing the athletes to be unsafe. Thus, the school instituted a mandatory drug test for all student athletes prior to the season, and then weekly random drug testing. If a student-athlete failed a test, they would have the choice of joining a rehab program, or serving a suspension. Suspension from school was never an option, nor were the results reported to authorities. Results were reported to the superintendent, athletic director, and other personnel on a need to know basis only (Vernonia v. Acton, 1995).
In the article, “Random Drug Testing of Athletes”, the author, Darla Tappins, argues that student athletes should not be required to participate in random drug tests. She provides six main reasons in effort to support her claim. These include the unfair stereotyping towards athletes who are no more likely to be involved in drug use than nonathletes, the unreliability and inaccuracy of the drug tests, the high costs of performing such tests, the unnecessary time consumption they require, the uncomfortability of those required to partake in them, as well as the inability of tests to detect steroid use, which is the most common drug exploited by athletes. Overall, the author does an ineffective job of proving her claim and evaluating
While employment screening in the healthcare sector is decidedly standard, the law does often not require drug and alcohol testing. Substance abuse is one of the leading causes of disciplinary action against a nursing license in the U.S. Random drug screenings are used to detect the use of unapproved or illegal drugs for the purpose of upholding patient safety (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2006). The American Nurses Association (ANA) estimates that six to eight percent of nurses use alcohol or drugs to a degree that would impair professional judgment (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2011). Approximately one-third of the one percent of actively licensed nurses are disciplined each year for their substance misconduct (Kenward, 2008). Protecting patients from unsafe practices and personnel is the primary responsibility of each supervisory board of nursing. However, the fear of punishment from the board or termination keeps many nurses unwilling to come forward (Maher-Brisen 2007). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the viability of mandating random drug testing for nurses and other health professionals. The objective of this would be to address the rooted issues of substance abuse and decrease the risk of harm to patients under the healthcare provider’s care.
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.
Some may say that drug testing students is unconstitutional because it is an “invasion of privacy”. This, however, is not true. . . “In 1995, the United States Supreme Court ruled that drug testing for high school athletes was constitutional, and some districts expanded their policies to include middle schools.” I believe allowing schools to drug test athletes was a very positive thing. For many reason, but mainly because athletes who are on drugs have a higher risk of being injured. For example a kid who is on drugs and plays a sporting event has a greater risk of their heart stopping on the field or court. “Drug tests analyze bodily samples such as urine, blood, or hair to detect the presence of legal and illegal drugs.” The most common one is urine testing. I believe urine testing is the best way for high school students, because it does not take as long as some other tests and it is not as costly as other tests. This is especially important because obviously a school does not want to spend money on anything they do not have to. Our school does randomly drug test students every once in a while but only a few of the athletes are chosen to take the test so that really is not helping ...
Yes, drug testing cost money. It can cost up to $30 per athlete reports Ryan Grim. However, the National Institute of Health reports that drug abuse cost $524 billion dollars per year. You can get thirty dollars back, but you can never get your life back. Additionally, a common misconception is that drug testing deters innocent student. However, this is untrue because the Department of Education reports that there were no reports of inconsistencies of participation in extracurricular activities.
First off, random drug tests is a precaution and not accusing everyone of doing wrong. Just because drug tests are being taken does not state that coaches believe everyone, or even anyone is doing drugs. Coaches may also think they know all their athletes, but teenagers know how to hide things. Having random drug tests are there just to ensure that no student athlete is using drugs. They are simply trying to help out the students. Many people would probably agree that precautions should be taken instead of taking a chance that no one is doing them.
“A medical dictionary defines a drug as ‘any substance that when taken into the living organism may modify one or more of its functions’” (Newton 12). However, when speaking of drug testing for abuse a person is usually thinking about illegal drugs or drugs that can alter athletic performance in sporting events. Mandatory drug testing was not allowed in public schools until June 2002 when the Supreme Court allowed for public schools to do random drug testing (Carroll 23). This decision allowed for drug testing in all schools throughout the United States not just for athletes but also students who are in any activities within the school, for example clubs and competitive events (Carroll 23). Even though drug testing is now allowed by the Supreme Court many schools do not yet have mandatory drug test policies. Mandatory drug testing for high school athletes should be required because it decreases drug use in schools, is relatively inexpensive, and can prevent drug use and or abuse that can lead to a lifelong addiction.
There are some questions you must ask yourself when deciding if drug or AIDs testing is morally right or wrong in the workplace. For example, what is the purpose of the test? Does it violate worker rights? Is getting drugs out of the workplace or gaining knowledge if an employee is infected with AID’s more important than employees right to privacy? These questions that were asked are tricky questions and I will be explaining if drug and AIDs testing is morally right or wrong.
As a matter of fact for a student to get drug tested there needs to be concrete evidence that’s going to prove that the student could be on drugs. For example, if a student possesses marijuana while attending school and the teacher has suspicion of the student carrying illegal substance then the prosecution should take place. Students should not be random selected to take a drug test instead the school should discuss reasons not to abuse drugs and ways to resist peer pressure. Students should only be drug tested if the school feels like the student is at harm to themselves or if they are performing drug use on
There is right from wrong and it is wrong for student to do drugs unless prescribed by a doctor. It will benefit students’ lives by making right and smart choices. The goal of high school is to educate and prepare students for a successful future, but how can a students future be successful if they are doing drugs? Research and statistics have shown that drug use and dropout rates go hand in hand. The annual dropout rate in the United States is extremely high. One in seven students will drop out of high school before receiving their diploma and over thirty percent of these dropouts use drugs illegally. Many high schools around the nation...
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.
I. Drug testing is meant to help clean our communities and the schools from drug related problems. Drug testing is an easy yet complicated test for many people. Statistics have shows a dramatic decrease of drug use and abuse in between the years of 2000-2006 (University Services, 2009). The U.K.’s country wide drug testing have helped show scientists all over the world the improvements that drugs testing at schools can make.