Drug Tests for Middle Schools? Imagine a country where kids and adults are always zoned out or woozy. Every time you talk‚ they can’t “hear” you can and their frustration levels rise quickly. Quickly will be adults soon and must stay “clean” to lead the future of this country down a good path. “By 8th grade: 16.5% have used marijuana” (Teenage Drug Use). Although students may switch to less detectable drugs that are more harmful‚ middle schools should have drug tests‚ because drug tests discourage
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use of drugs (mainly marijuana) and the lack of the drug testing by the school. In my opinion it should be mandatory for all athletes to be drug tested at least once a month‚ regardless of the size or type of school that they are attending. Even though drug testing may be too expensive for community colleges‚ very good athletes who can make it far with their gift don’t because of the freedom they are given with the drugs that they are using and not being tested for‚ this is why drug testing should
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Drug abuse is a major problem in our society as a whole and increasingly within our youth. In recent years‚ many school districts have implemented student athlete drug testing programs within their schools. Athletes were targeted because student athletics are voluntary and the "athletes are often held to higher standards than other students‚ keeping their grades up for example" (Tantillo‚ Wen & Morgo‚ 1995‚ p. A22). "The issue of drug testing has caused a national debate that still persists. The
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Argument against Standardized Tests Standardized testing is one of the most controversial and highly debated topics in the United States today. These tests are commonly used to measure the students’ academic achievements and act as yardstick for teachers’ effectiveness in academic delivery. A typical student sits for at least “112 compulsory standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade” (Layton). Proponents of standardized testing believe that the practice provides accurate
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Drug testing for professional athletes has been a debate for a long time. Drug tests are tests that are used to find out if someone has used drugs or not. “Urine is the most common type of drug test. Others are hair samples‚ sweat patches‚ oral fluid‚ and alcohol breath” (Drug Testing). Athletes get tested for drugs because they can have an unfair advantage over other athletes. “PEDs or Performance Enhancing Drugs are drugs that give athletes unfair advantages if they use them. PEDs have the ability
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Welfare Recipients Be Drug Tested? Thesis Statement: In the recent past there have been legislative proposals to drug test individuals who receive or apply for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Introduction: Do you believe that welfare recipients should be subject to a urinalysis before being able to receive food stamps‚ cash assistance or medical benefits through the government‚ or people who already receive these benefits should submit to random drug tests? We believe that
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activists are calling for a ban on animal testing despite the fact that with the development of new treatments‚ which are tested on animal in treating HIV‚ cancers‚ and other epidemics‚ people who live the day hopelessly in the threat of death from such diseases now can see the hope of being cured. In opposition‚ many scientists and medical institutions claim that animal right activists are overreacting. The fight between one‚ who suppose the need for testing on animals‚ and the other‚ who are animal
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M3 Original Assignment Are drug companies that test experimental drugs in foreign countries acting ethically? To answer this question‚ it is worth looking at why a drug company would experiment in a foreign country before even examining the negative impacts in doing so. Testing drugs internationally is done because it is cheaper and far easier to endanger trial patients in a foreign country. Now when exploring the reasons for the need to test at all‚ an act utilitarian may surmise that because
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have explored the world of drugs‚ and drugs come with medical problems. “Many surgeons order routine laboratory tests before admission to the hospital‚ or even before certain outpatient procedures‚ to identify potential problems that might complicate surgery if not detected and treated early” (Stanford University). Some doctors make their patients take drug tests to detect drugs and other problems of the body. People of today’s generation have frequent access to drugs and can get them at essentially
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Animal testing has become a barbaric form of testing in today’s world. It has been a debated topic for decades. Both sides have presented both strong and weak arguments alike. Those who would argue against animal testing have taken a stand due to the way it affects animals. Even in the best circumstances‚ the animals could easily be considered abused. Those in favor of animal testing‚ a quickly waning population‚ don’t seem to deny the abuse that exists. Rather‚ they argue that the pain is justified
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