Kyle Russell
Ms. Enste
English III
2 March 2016
Research Paper Rough Draft
As sports programs become more and more competitive, and as drug use among high-schoolers is on the rise, in some districts, mandatory drug testing is becoming popular. Drug testing is being implemented as a necessary tool to determine ineligibility in athletics as well as other extracurricular activities in school. These tests not only reduce drug abuse among student athletes but they also indirectly protects the health of athletes as drug use is diminished. In addition, this disciplinary measure eliminates unfair performance enhancing substance use and levels out competitive athletic environments. Targeting drug problems in high school athletes will ultimately benefit …show more content…
If students who dominate a sport due to a performance enhancing drug are removed from it, it provides opportunities for other athletes and creates a more even playing field. Student Athletes “perform functions that display them as role models. Participation in extracurricular activities is a privilege which can be taken away for failure to comply” with these tests (Model Student Athletes). In other words, when students who have been using performance enhancers are demoted from their privileged activities it opens a door for rising athletes who do not participate in such inappropriate activities. Furthermore, “in a confidential 2013 survey of 3,705 high school students… 11 percent reported using synthetic HGH at least once — up from about 5 percent in the four preceding annual surveys. Teen use of steroids increased from 5 percent to 7 percent over the same period, the survey found” (Growth Hormone Use). This isolates the increase in performance enhancing drugs and the superfluous advantages some student athletes are currently having over their competitors. Removing these unfair advantages will create a more enjoyable and auspicious athletic experience for the rest of the …show more content…
The
Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction, n.d. Web.
"The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing." The Effectiveness of
Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing. The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), n.d. Web.
Grossman, Mitchell, Timothy Kimsey, Joshua Moreen, and Matthew Owings. "Minor League
Baseball." Steroids in Major League Baseball (2003): 1-21. Web.
"Growth Hormone Use Exploding among High School Teens." New York Post. Associated Press,
23 July 2014. Web.
"High School and Youth Trends." PsycEXTRA Dataset (n.d.): n. pag. National Institute on Drug
Abuse. Web.
Ingraham, Christopher. "School Drug Tests: Costly, Ineffective, and More Common than You
Think." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web.
"Model Student Athlete Drug Testing Policy." Contemporary Sports Issues. U.S Sports
Academy, n.d. Web.
Pannoni, Alexandra. "Doping Rises Among High Schoolers, but Few Districts Test." U.S News and World Report. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Revisiting the Relationship between Adolescent Drug Use and High School Dropout." by
Gasper, Joseph. Journal of Drug Issues, Nov. 2011.
Ms. Enste
English III
2 March 2016
Research Paper Rough Draft
As sports programs become more and more competitive, and as drug use among high-schoolers is on the rise, in some districts, mandatory drug testing is becoming popular. Drug testing is being implemented as a necessary tool to determine ineligibility in athletics as well as other extracurricular activities in school. These tests not only reduce drug abuse among student athletes but they also indirectly protects the health of athletes as drug use is diminished. In addition, this disciplinary measure eliminates unfair performance enhancing substance use and levels out competitive athletic environments. Targeting drug problems in high school athletes will ultimately benefit …show more content…
If students who dominate a sport due to a performance enhancing drug are removed from it, it provides opportunities for other athletes and creates a more even playing field. Student Athletes “perform functions that display them as role models. Participation in extracurricular activities is a privilege which can be taken away for failure to comply” with these tests (Model Student Athletes). In other words, when students who have been using performance enhancers are demoted from their privileged activities it opens a door for rising athletes who do not participate in such inappropriate activities. Furthermore, “in a confidential 2013 survey of 3,705 high school students… 11 percent reported using synthetic HGH at least once — up from about 5 percent in the four preceding annual surveys. Teen use of steroids increased from 5 percent to 7 percent over the same period, the survey found” (Growth Hormone Use). This isolates the increase in performance enhancing drugs and the superfluous advantages some student athletes are currently having over their competitors. Removing these unfair advantages will create a more enjoyable and auspicious athletic experience for the rest of the …show more content…
The
Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction, n.d. Web.
"The Effectiveness of Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing." The Effectiveness of
Mandatory-Random Student Drug Testing. The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), n.d. Web.
Grossman, Mitchell, Timothy Kimsey, Joshua Moreen, and Matthew Owings. "Minor League
Baseball." Steroids in Major League Baseball (2003): 1-21. Web.
"Growth Hormone Use Exploding among High School Teens." New York Post. Associated Press,
23 July 2014. Web.
"High School and Youth Trends." PsycEXTRA Dataset (n.d.): n. pag. National Institute on Drug
Abuse. Web.
Ingraham, Christopher. "School Drug Tests: Costly, Ineffective, and More Common than You
Think." Washington Post. The Washington Post, n.d. Web.
"Model Student Athlete Drug Testing Policy." Contemporary Sports Issues. U.S Sports
Academy, n.d. Web.
Pannoni, Alexandra. "Doping Rises Among High Schoolers, but Few Districts Test." U.S News and World Report. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Revisiting the Relationship between Adolescent Drug Use and High School Dropout." by
Gasper, Joseph. Journal of Drug Issues, Nov. 2011.