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With every new day there comes a new drug. That sentence greatly reminds me of high school. I myself have never done or taken any drug, besides alcohol. However, when I was in high school it seemed as if all of my friends were doing drugs, trying new drugs, or selling drugs. They would often offer me some, but I repeatedly turned them down. Finally, around my junior year I became furious because they didn't understand that no meant no. So I decided to preach to them about how much I hated drugs, and didn't like people who take drugs. After that confrontation they never offered me another drug, and respected my decision. On the other hand though, they never quit doing, trying, or selling the drugs. After realizing that I didn't scare them at all, I started thinking about helpful ways that could. If students were afraid because they might be given a drug test at school, then some students might choose not to take drugs.With over fifty percent of high school students experimenting with drugs, and more schools having to deal with students using drugs, illegal drug use by high school students is a growing concern. Some schools are responding to this by introducing or, considering the introduction of, drug testing of studen
Carter, Steven. Personal interview. 2 Mar. 2002. Flowers, John. Telephone interview. 2 Mar. 2002. Drug testing is often a controversial issue. There are clearly two sides to whether or not students should be tested. One side wants drug tests in schools and the other believes drug tests are an invasion of privacy. Even some that are supportive of prevention, education, or an intervention program may be against drug testing because they believe that it violates an individual's rights (Nfhs). My friend Justin Mayo, when asked what he thought about drug testing in schools, stated, "I don't think students should be drug tested at the high school level or at any level. I think it's an invasion of privacy, and it shouldn't matter to the school what the student decides to do." When I asked another friend of mine, Steven Carter, about the subject, he said, "I would hate it if we were drug tested in school. That would be invading our privacy and that is wrong." This proves that some people are not in favor of drug testing in schools. However, when someone researches all of the reasons that people don't want drug testing in schools, that person finds the same excuse. The excuse is that those people think it is nothing more than an invasion of privacy. I feel that since a school is there to educate a student, then they can take any precautions necessary to make sure the student is impr
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