Student Drug Testing Persuasive Essay

In today’s society, the occurrence of drug testing has became popular in school environments. Drug testing has brought up many controversies in recent years. It has produced a negative outcome against the citizens across the United States; for instance, it has been proven to be ineffective to decline drug problems in school environments, it is discriminating against students appearances, an invasion of privacy, and expensive cost-to-productions prices. From students involved in extracurricular activities to students that park in the school parking lot, they are required to be drug tested. According to Marcianna (2015), the testing has arose problems, due to the tests interfering with students appearances. Although administrations say that …show more content…
(Stinson 1998). Students believe that the drug testing is invading their privacy. Why Student Drug Testing Doesn’t Work (n,d.) states that drug testing is invasive and biased. Students that have no suspicion of drug use are being forced to take urine samples with the presence of an administrative staff member is an uncomfortable experience, along with an invasion of privacy. “Students are considered guilty until proven innocent,” says (Why Student Drug Testing Doesn’t Work, n.d), “This policy, when screened at particular groups, such as students participating in extracurricular activities, may actually increase drug use.” Students currently involved in extracurricular activities, are in an assured environment and do not have the time to be tangled with drugs, but by focusing on this group of students, it will steer away future students from joining the groups. With the number of dropouts in extracurricular activities, the drug testing will become ineffective. The drug tests have also pushed student to try harder drugs that will not appear on an urine sample; for example, heroin, acid, and prescription medications. (SFSDF 2006). All in all, this aggression towards students privacy is