Should Student Athletes Be Drug Tested?

In the last few years, there have been many news reports pertaining to the injury or death of student athletics as they are playing sports. Many of these reports, once investigated, have said that the cause of death was the use of drugs, drug overdose, or complications stemming from the use of drugs. Therefore, many of us believe that the school or district has a responsibility to random drug test student athletics as a requirement to participating in any sporting activity.

I, along with many others, believe that all teens should be drug tested because anytime they are playing sports, drugs can get someone hurt or they can have allergic reaction to the drugs. If a teen is on drugs and playing sports, they are not able to focus as well on what they are doing and could cause someone else to …show more content…
Therefore, athletics must be on high alert at all times. Drugs can hinder their performance or in some cases it could stop them for playing sports altogether. The energy the teens have while doing drugs are not the same they had prior to doing drugs. If you are taking certain drugs or medication, your body could overheat and cause a heat stroke or even death. Taking certain drugs can enlarge the heart and could cause damage to certain organs. In order to protect the health and lives of athletics, I think drug testing is necessary. That way the district and school is able to monitor to see if students are following the drugs free policy. Some drugs are addictive and when used the body could get immune and therefore need more of that drug to have the same effect. Many times the use of one drug leads to the use of something harder. When teens experiment with drugs, they are cause damage to their health and