The Mobius Band
The Mobius band is a one-sided surface that is constructed from a rectangle by holding one end fixed, rotating the opposite end through 180 degrees, and joining it to the first end. The Mobius band is much like the argument of whether or not we should implement drug tests on secondary school and pre-secondary school students because, like the Mobius band, it only has one side. Students ought to be drug tested for cigarettes, marijuana, and both licit and illicit drugs.
Children are the future of our country and our world; we ought to initiate preliminary actions to protect their safety and security. In one of its popular articles, “ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND CRIME”, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence or the NCADD, Claims that children who purchase illicit drugs are also likely to be involved in other crimes, including, gang violence, rape, murder, and assault. By drug testing middle school and high school students, we could be saving their short and innocent lives. …show more content…
It compromises people’s judgment, and it tampers with their sense of reality. People can do illogical or menacing things that could potentially cause harm to them — or people in their surroundings. In the article “More Teens Die from Drug Overdose than Vehicle Accidents”, 881,684 teens smoke cigarettes, 646,707 teens smoke marijuana, and 457,672 teens drink alcohol — on an average day. Nearly 39,000 children die each year because of drug consumption and misuse; such deaths could have been avoided simply if the kids were tested and given the right course of treatment. By refusing to test children for drug use, we are enabling them to consume harmful chemicals that could cost them their
Children are the future of our country and our world; we ought to initiate preliminary actions to protect their safety and security. In one of its popular articles, “ALCOHOL, DRUGS, AND CRIME”, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence or the NCADD, Claims that children who purchase illicit drugs are also likely to be involved in other crimes, including, gang violence, rape, murder, and assault. By drug testing middle school and high school students, we could be saving their short and innocent lives. …show more content…
It compromises people’s judgment, and it tampers with their sense of reality. People can do illogical or menacing things that could potentially cause harm to them — or people in their surroundings. In the article “More Teens Die from Drug Overdose than Vehicle Accidents”, 881,684 teens smoke cigarettes, 646,707 teens smoke marijuana, and 457,672 teens drink alcohol — on an average day. Nearly 39,000 children die each year because of drug consumption and misuse; such deaths could have been avoided simply if the kids were tested and given the right course of treatment. By refusing to test children for drug use, we are enabling them to consume harmful chemicals that could cost them their