Random drug testing is starting to become more frequent in schools; especially towards student athletes. Schools have been drug testing student athletes since approximately 1995 and in 2002, the court made it a law that high school athletes must be drug tested. There are several testing methods that use hair, urine, oral fluids, and sweat. Urine testing is the most popular type of testing for drugs. The debate of drug testing student athletes is still on the rise amongst people. Supporters of drug
Social Policy - Drug policy and crime - Harm reduction vs Prohibition Harmful drugs are an issue that creates controversy just by being mentioned, let alone acted upon by public policy. Despite this, policy actors must address drugs, through action or inaction, for the chance to make our society safer and healthier. Scientists and policy makers tend to agree that some drugs can be harmful to their users (Nordegren, 2002), but there are two broad camps of opinion on how best to protect users from
Balko, Radley. "Let My Students Drink." Reason. (Feb. 2009). Web. 19 Feb. 2016. John McCardell was a former college president who took his experience dealing with underage drinking and decided to develop an organization called Choose Responsibly. The organization supports lower the legal drinking age. He later developed the Amethyst Initiative to help campuses across the U.S. to join together. In the article, Mr. McCardell gives his reasons for starting the growing movement. The purpose of this article
TORT and personal liability claims can be levied against individuals that deny a person their rights. Most school officials are protected by qualified immunity. This can be lost if procedures and policy are not followed at all times. This can be a difficult task if administrators and teachers do not stay abreast with current education law. Improper search and seizure violates an individual’s 4th Amendment rights to security of person, property
is far less dangerous than some drugs are which legal, such as alcohol and tobacco. There for the most basic reason that marijuana should be legal is that there is no good reason for it not to be legal. Some people ask 'why should marijuana be legalized?" but we should ask "Why should marijuana be illegal?" From a abstract point of view, individuals deserve the right to make choices for themselves. There is no logic why someone would be pushed to take legal drugs that are proven to be worse for
When students enter university or college for the first time, their decisions are not always sensible since they have just gained a new sense of freedom from parental or supervision. As a result, they tend to do reckless things such as driving at a high speed, going to clubs or bars and drinking without enough responsibility for their deeds Moreover, The fact of college students drinking alcohols is prevalent, especially on campus, and this leads to the question on whether they should be allowed
The Negative Effects of School Dress Codes In an era of crop tops, short shorts, and cut-out tees, the question of what is appropriate for students to wear in school is a commonly asked question by parents and school administration alike. The concept of school dress codes is sensible in the aspect of the desire to protect students. However, dress code censorship is often biased depending on upbringing or culture, lacks gender equality, and limits student’s individual expression. School dress codes
He then tells the reader about how that when he was in college he was a Resident Assistant and that it showed him on a first hand basis that the current drinking age is not working. Instead of students not drinking at al because of the drinking age, they are just drinking behind closed doors and pre-games before they were to go out because they knew that they could not drink alcohol underage publicly. Also in the article he discusses the reason
reason that the drinking age is what its is all around the country right now is because the states were forced into it by the government, The government cut state highway founding by 10% to any state that didn 't play ball. This according to the students took away any chances of state coming up with better methods of preventing alcohol abuse among the younger kids. “campaigns/lowering-drinking-age http:ssdp.org” SSDP views are that the government is overreaching their power and render states powerless
Facts and morales can be found on both sides of the debate over guns in America. On the one hand, many gun-rights advocates reject even the most sensible restrictions on the sale of weapons to the public. On the other, activist of stricter gun laws often seem unable to understand why a good person would ever want ready access to a loaded firearm. Between these two extremes we must find grounds for a rational discussion about the problem of gun violence.Unlike most Americans, I stand on both sides
American was guaranteed the right of freedom of religion. However many Americans to this day believe otherwise, the media portrays that society is becoming more anti-God. We see schools suspending students who mentioned God or any other religious aspects due to the reasoning of not being sensitive to other students with different religions. Some school districts discussed the pledge of allegiance and its reference to God should be removed. The freedom of religion is also to have the ability to share the
try. She took him off all his medications and put the marijuana in a muffin in amounts prescribed and monitored by the doctor. JJ’s behavior issues declined almost immediately. He is polite, eager to learn and interacts well with teachers and students at school. Now he talks through his questions and problems instead of acting out due to frustration. Marijuana has been used by people throughout the centuries and its use has provided many benefits. Therefore, it should be legalized for medical
The deciding factor in the future of corporal punishment is seen in the Ingraham v. Wright Supreme Court case. In 1970, James Ingraham, an eighth grade student of Drew Junior High School was one of the many beneficiaries of corporal punishment distributed by Willie Wright, the principal of the high school. The rationality behind Ingraham’s punishment was that he was slow to respond to his teacher instructions. As a result, his teacher sent him to the principal office where he bent over the table
nutrition in the scheme of mental health is a logical progression. While conventional treatments have a viable place in the management of mental illness, the idea of using the body’s natural regulating process to heal, through nutrition, provides a sensible solution that been long overdue.
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Justin, a South Carolina college student, died at the age of 23 while on the waiting list for a lung transplant. When Justin was three months old he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a disease which affects the lungs. Throughout his childhood he coped with his illness but at the age of 20 his health took a turn for the worst. Justin was on the waiting list for two years but no lungs came available in time. Organ allocation in the United States of America has become a heavily debated subject in
with youthful gangs in the big cities. In the 1960s we began to hear about a surge of juvenile crime in areas that had been regarded as virtually crime free. In the suburbs as well as the inner cities, youngsters were dropping out of school, using drugs and committing crimes. In the 1970s and 1980s, juvenile court dockets became increasingly jammed with criminal cases. According to the Department of Justice, the percentage increases in arrests from 1985 to 1994 have been greater for juveniles than
Technology - Policies and Practices of Anonymity in the Internet Abstract: This paper discusses the importance of anonymous Internet access and how the benefits of such access outweigh the disadvantages. Also discussed is the violation of anonymous access in some cases and the steps that can be taken to preserve anonymity. Most importantly, what specifically are the rights of Internet users and what guidelines should govern widespread Internet policy of anonymity? The rapid growth
Psychology vol.34, no2 pp40-49. 9. www/siop.org.workplace/employement Name Cedric Surname Muzerengwa Student number 201104003 Course name Psychometrics Lecturer
INTERNET CENSORSHIP Censoring the Internet The internet offers a huge wealth of information both good and bad, unfortunately the vary nature of the internet makes policing this new domain practically impossible. The internet began as a small university network in the United States and has blossomed into a vast telecommunications network spanning the globe. Today the internet is ruled by no governing body and it is an open society for ideas to be developed and shared in. Unfortunately every society