Essay On Mandatory Drug Testing In Schools

Do you know anyone who has done drugs? So many kids let their lives go to waste all because of drugs. We can always prevent them from going down the wrong path. Students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school drug testing reported less substance use than comparable students in high schools without drug testing, according to a new evaluation released by the Institute of Education Sciences. So really this is huge plus to the coaches and teachers in the school because they have fewer athletes on drugs. According to cnn.com 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago. Drugs are only getting worse and worse and teens aren't seeing that in today's society. If we have mandatory drug test we can stop a lot of …show more content…
According to the United Nations office of drugs and crime. It is estimated that globally there were 183,000 (range: 95,000-226,000) drug-related deaths (mostly overdoses) in 2012, with opioid overdose the largest category. There are many families who don't have their loved one do to drug overdose. Drug overdose was responsible for 41,340 deaths in the US in 2011. And this number has increased dramatically over the years it could be up to millions now. If there would have been drug test in there school then it could have probably prevented this from happening. Now I not going to sit here and tell you it granted that they would have stopped using drugs but there is a high probability that it will. So many lives could have been saved all because one simple drug tests. Those are just some of the many reasons that mandatory drug tests are needed. What would you do if you found a loved one dead from overdosing on drugs how would you feel. It doesn't have to happen to