Keith Ablow

“Sooner or later, we need to respond to the fact that we have an epidemic of substance abuse that is taking a real toll on the lives of young people in America” says psychiatrists Dr. Keith Ablow. Fifty percent of twelfth graders in the United States admitted to using drugs in the past year. Legally, only students that participate in extracurricular activities can be required to take a drug test. Should student athletes should be required to submit drug tests before participating in school…

11% of all high school athletes use harmful drugs. Athletes who are using these drugs are susceptible to serious injuries. They are not in full control of their own bodies, so they can hurt themselves or others. Football is a sport where many athletes are tempted to use drugs. Football has long been known as a physically demanding sport, so some players use drugs to “help” their bodies’ recovery time. The problem with this is that no high school athlete will listen and take the dosage that is…

psychiatrist called this app „The most dangerous app he’d ever seen because it „can turn a school into a virtual chat room where everyone can post his or her comments, anonymously. Several schools have banned smart phones because of this app ( qtd. Dr. Keith Ablow).…

A common topic in high schools of late has been the use of drugs and steroid use among athletes. High schools have the ability to test athletes for the safety of the students. Although some parents and students believe that drug testing students in high school causes problems that can be avoided by not testing them. In high school athletics, people have proposed to drug test athletes for the safety of the athletes; however, other people believe that they should not be drug tested because it…

Christopher Hitchens once said, “In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test.”(Goodreads) A common misunderstanding is that if you play a sport or participate in extracurricular activities, that you must be using some sort of drug. Professionals can testify that students who don’t participate in activities after school have a higher drug usage than athletes. In reality, these extracurricular activities are keeping these students from using drugs.…

Much has been written about the pervasiveness of the media in our everyday lives—from television shows, to ads on the sides of buses, to friend’s posts on Facebook, we are constantly being exposed to the media in all its forms. As such, it is no wonder that the information and images shown in the media have such large impacts on our understanding of the world around us. This profound influence which the media has on our beliefs can be dangerous, however, when the information being spread is…