With the problems of drugs appearing in the world of sports, many parents believe that if they place their children into a sport or any other extracurricular activity at an early age they will be spared from the world of drug use and maintain better grades in the long- run. Little do they know that student athletes do get better grades, but are also the students who have a greater chance to use alcohol and drugs. "It has been proven that alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana are the leading choice among youths and student athletes in America today" (journal of alcohol and drugs education pg. 49). Due to the fact that the drugs mentioned above are probably the most common and easiest to get a hold of, they are also usually the ones that kids try first.

Alcohol, despite the increase in education and prevention efforts, remains the drug most wide

A survey taken in 1992, discovered that a "51% of high school seniors claimed that they had consumed an alcohol beverage in the last month"(Albrecht, R.R., Anderson, W.A., McGrew, C.A., McKeag, D.B., & Hough, D.O. 1992). A study taken by the same people but among high school athletes in 1988 "showed that 83% of high school athletes have tried alcohol at least once in their lives". While a 55% of them admitted to consuming alcohol on regular bases.

4. HTTP://WWW.ed.gov/ofices/dese/actguid/drugath.html.

Gender difference in drug testing plays a small role in how students and athletes are tested for drug abuse. Both male and female students enter the testing room with a monitor of the same sex. The observer stands close enough to the student to listen for normal sounds of urination. Each male student remains fully clothed at all times while the testing is taking place. They produce the urine sample while a monitor stands near by to make sure that the student does not tamper with the sample. A female student follows the same steps, but are allowed to go into an enclosed facility. Monitors are not allowed in the room so they do not get a direct observation of the procedure-taking place. The identity of the student is not taken into consideration as the school determines what drug the student might be tested for.

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