We need to drug test high school student athletes. Randomly drug testing student athletes in schools is a zero tolerance policy. The problem with this is drug testing student athletes is so coaches and guardians know their athlete is using. Letting students know when they’re getting tested is a problem because they can prepare. If we surprise drug test athletes the coaches and guardians will know for sure if their athlete is using. Around 74% of student athletes abuse and are not usually caught, this is a problem because students are doing anything and everything they can do get high.
Student athletes should be drug tested for the safety of the athletes. The safety of students is a concern. Athletes are finding new ways to take and use drugs without getting caught. Taylor Hooton was a young baseball player in Texas who used and didn’t get caught and ended up dying from trying to quit. Taylors coach told him he needed to get bigger and instead of doing it the right way and going to the gym and eating right, he decided he needed a quick solution and took steroids. Taylor’s parents noticed that Taylor was indeed getting bigger, but thought he was just going to the gym and doing it the right way. His parents had no idea. He said something to his best friend about trying
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Some parents say “kids will be kids”. But the truth of it is, all kids are guilty until proven innocent. The athletes prove their innocence by passing a drug test. Vernonia school district v acton, states student drug testing only in situations where the individual student is suspected, or where a particular group of students is suspected. I would say if the drug tests are random then you aren't profiling anyone or any group of people. If you're randomly drug testing athletes for their safety and their peers then you aren't suspecting anything, you're just doing what needs to be done for the team and the
Steroids are ruining sports in the United States, and they are also going to ruin future athletes if the United States does not put a stop to it. Many young athletes in the United States are taking performance enhancing drugs because they see that professional athletes are doing it and getting results. These teenagers are using steroids because they want to look muscular and fit, but they are not aware of the negative effects steroids have on their bodies. Young athletes do not know that they are not only risking their careers but also their bodies. Steroids may make a person look muscular and fit, but at the same time, it is ruining their heart. Steroids also cause people to act differently and do foolish things like using other drugs. Parents can prevent steroid use by teaching their children about it at a young age and staying involved in their children’s sport lives. Steroids have ruined professional careers. They ruined Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones, and Barry Bonds’ careers and almost ruined Alex Rodriguez’s career. Professional athletes use steroids to improve their performance which is cheating. The game is not fair if someone is performing better by using drugs, and everybody should be performing with what they got. There are many different ways to achieve what they want in fair and healthier way. Many high school athletes are using steroids in the United States. They are not doing it under a doctor’s supervision; therefore, they are ruining their bodies without them knowing. Many of these athletes are looking at the outcome only and not what there are doing to their bodies in addition to getting stronger, muscular, and fit. All governing sport bodies in the United States need to take steroid testing seriously and give at...
Brandon McCann English IV Mr. Doherty 3/9/14 Research paper outline Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Football In Forbes Magazine, David DiSalvo’s article “College football steroid use is rampant and little is done about it” talks about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in college football and its rising use in football today. Everybody always bashes baseball and other sports for steroid use but nobody really cares if it’s used in football and many people are starting to question why. Another question that needs to be answered is how are these football players not getting caught by the many drug tests they are forced to take. In most cases it’s blatantly obvious that most of these players are on something. David’s article has opened many of the football fans eyes and people seek the truth behind all of this.
Jose Canseco claims steroids can make an average athlete a super athlete, and make a super athlete incredible. With that statement said, it not only compels pro athletes to use steroids, but teenagers as well. In 2002, NIDA funded a study that asked teen athletes if they ever tried steroids. The study confirmed that 2.5% of 8th graders used it; about 3.5% of 10th graders; and 4% of 12th graders admitted using steroids. The percentage of teens using steroids is on the rise every year and I believe something needs to be done to prevent it from even getting higher.
...ng drugs will have a huge impact on them and the people that they are around. When a person does drugs once, they will keep using them and eventually become addicted. Drug testing student athletes is a necessity because taking drugs affects relationships that the athlete has, drugs cause consequence that can be detrimental, and lastly taking drugs hurt the body causing the athlete to have health issues. Hence, drug testing should be done in all high schools around the country.
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 ...
For centuries sports has been the favorite past time and for decades drugs, steroids and Performance enhancing drugs and regular street drugs have been used. In many locker rooms the motto is “if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying” (Schafer). Over the past decades many see the need to drug test athletes in order to maintain integrity of the sports. Drug testing athletes has to many lawsuits and even has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court many times because some feel that drug testing is an invasion of there privacy. Albiet, drugs have increased the entertainment when watching sports, it has also decreased the sportmanship and integrity. Drug testing is a deterrent that is needed in all sports to decrease the number of unethical players while increasing the integrity of a given sport.
Many wonder how drugs can influence an athlete's performance in sports. Over the past few years, it has become more known and more common for athletes to use drugs to enhance their performance abilities. It has been becoming more common for athletes to overdose on drugs whether it being intentional or accidental. Many athletes who use performance enhancing drugs do not know the consequences or the damage the drugs can do to their body. Most athletes that use performance enhancing drugs are high school students. They believe that because their favorite professional athletes is using the enhancers that they are able to also. Athletes should be drug tested before every game to help reduce the use of drugs.
I think that the system where they only test high school athletes is good. These students and their parents are informed and have to sign consent papers. This means that all parties are informed of what is expected and the consequences. If we were to do this with all of the school, it will cost a lot money, time, and paper work to get the approval of parents. Random drug testing will cause major problems in school attendance. I honestly believe that some students would rather not go to school if they knew that they could be randomly selected. Teacher’s opinions and suspicions of a student can bring up issues as well. For example, a teacher can mistake a teenager going through a hard time as a student using drugs. This can cause more problems for the student. Issues like these will definitely cause mistrust between students and teachers. Despite being caught many students will still continue their drug use. I believe that they have to choose to stop their drug use or else it won’t work. Random drug testing might be able to work with a system that somehow informs everybody of what can happen and the process of the drug testing. This can involve a signed agreement of confidentiality between the faculty and families. Also referrals plan for the parents to use to help make a decision for their child if tested positive for drug
Random drug tests would help control the problem of student athletes using drugs. Most students who are still in sports in
An athlete who goes on to college level will be reprimanded if street drugs or performance enhancing drugs are used. If an individual has been using drugs for most of their high school career, it would be extremely hard for them to stop usage. When the season comes along and drug tests are given, the student will “lose one full year of eligibility for the first offense . . . and are withheld from competition for a full season” (NCAA). This could lead the athlete to lose their scholarship, and they may not be accepted for another season. However if they are allowed to play for the following season and later they have “a second positive test for street drugs results in another lost year of eligibility and year withheld from competition” (NCAA). If two seasons are missed, the athlete will most likely be out of shape, and they will have a very slim chance of being on the team roster the following season. If performance enhancing drugs are found the second, it “will render the student-athlete permanently ineligible” (NCAA). This would happen because as drug use becomes more frequent it is harder to stop. Therefore, the student will have to face present repercussions and long term consequences, but it could be avoided if schools were to test students to protect them from the harmfulness of
“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.
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,
Athletes And Drug Use Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics, the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while one might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of some outlawed drug, however this is just one of the many who happen to get caught. Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words cheating. Also, many of them feel that because they are "stars" there should be no repercussions for their illegal activity.
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.
How Does Doping in sport damage the sporting industry as a whole? The usage of performance-enhancing drugs in sports is commonly known as Doping. Doping is banned worldwide in every sports administration and competitions and doping gives an unfair advantage to those using illegal substances, such as steroids to boost their performance. It also puts at stake the integrity of those athletes who do not use performance-enhancing drugs also known as “clean” athletes. In fact it seems that we’re now entering the era of performance-enhancing drugs within professional sports.