Student Athletes On Drugs
Celebrating 4/20
In today’s society drug abuse is a major problem. About 100 people lose their lives every day due to drugs. Twenty years ago the number of deaths because of drugs was ⅓ of the amount it is now (“Addiction Statistics”). Teenage student-athletes in high school should be tested for marijuana and other illicit drug use, so that the rapid incline in drug use will succeed, and the drug users will not harm themselves or others. The truth is student athletes on drugs are more likely to injure themselves and others while playing their sport, as well as doing normal everyday things like driving to school. Also using illegal drugs commonly causes depressive states and other psychological problems. In fact, 8.9 million people have both
In today’s society drug abuse is a major problem. About 100 people lose their lives every day due to drugs. Twenty years ago the number of deaths because of drugs was ⅓ of the amount it is now (“Addiction Statistics”). Teenage student-athletes in high school should be tested for marijuana and other illicit drug use, so that the rapid incline in drug use will succeed, and the drug users will not harm themselves or others. The truth is student athletes on drugs are more likely to injure themselves and others while playing their sport, as well as doing normal everyday things like driving to school. Also using illegal drugs commonly causes depressive states and other psychological problems. In fact, 8.9 million people have both