Persuasive Essay On Drugs In Schools

Throughout the country, many students are entering high school and many of those students who enter high school play some form of a sport. While high school is known for the time where students are constantly introduced to new things and ideas, many of these newly introduced things and ideas are not ideal things students should be introduced to. One of the things introduced to high school students is drugs. It is inevitable that drugs will be one the things that students are introduced to while in school, but there will be those who use drugs and those who do not use drugs. This does not particularly affect one group of people, but multiple groups of students throughout high school. Some of the people who are among the group who do drugs are athletes. However, with many different uses of …show more content…
These particular individuals believe that the resulting effect of drug testing athletes would essentially decrease the amount of drug used among students in high school but also allow and promote the idea of fair play throughout athletic competitions. Not only that, but many of these people feel the same way about professional athletes using drugs to help their performance. To these people professional athletes set the example for how to play the game for the younger generation of athletes, not with the use of drugs but with hard work and dedication. The professionals also set the tone for how to play the game as well with the promotion of fair play and not cheating, because to them the use of drugs or preforming enhancements is cheating. Not only that but professionals have to take drug test as well, and some people feel that if a person wants to play at the next level then that person should have to a take a drug test because that is a part of athletics in today’s