Drug Testing In Schools

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Throughout the world there has been the same question floating around: Should we drug test in schools or not? Does it affect the student's rights and is it appropriate for schools to do this? Drug testing in schools have been thought of as either a good or bad thing but hasn't really met in the middle. Throughout my research I have done, I have came up with a way to drug test students without affecting their rights, and privacy.

Argument side A is going against drug testing in schools. Its argues that drug testing is completely against student rights. This could affect a student's rights in many ways. This could include putting kids in a completely awkward or judgemental state if they have a positive test but is taking a prescribed drug and they have to explain their personal life and why they are taking it. Many studies also show that the drug testing that
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Kids have found many ways to get by a drug test without getting caught. Also the testing is only for students who participate in extracurricular activities, which creates the question, Are we only worried about those who play sports? Are those who are working full time or sitting around playing video games not as important, or are they just not doing drugs? Many students have quit their activities because it means not being drug tested. Although tests have shown that those involved in extracurricular activities have a higher rate of staying away from drugs, keeping their grades up and are less likely to engage in crimes, they take this away from kids by drug testing those involved. Girls have explained that they would rather quit their sports because of being drug tested do to the fact that what if they're on their period and they have to pee in a cup. Thats embarassing. The drug tests that schools are using aren't as accurate as they should be either. The tests are picking up positive drug uses anywhere from a poppy seed to an over