| The sustained campaign for a drug free America is | | | | not comprehend the extent of the problem that we |
| taking a new turn these days. After the invasion of | | | | are trying to solve. At least 50% of 12th graders are |
| drug testing into the workplace, now it is time for | | | | found to have used drugs once in their life and 10% |
| testing to expand into schools. Student drug testing | | | | admit to using Marijuana on a monthly basis. |
| is expected to reduce the tendency of teenagers to | | | | For a school to start off on implementing a student |
| start abusing drugs and aims at nipping the problem | | | | drug testing program, first it needs to analyze the |
| at the bud with an emphasis on prevention. | | | | requirement it. It needs to figure out the level of |
| First of all, student drug testing aims at preventing | | | | drug abuse in the community as a whole and within |
| adolescents from being initiated into drug abuse. The | | | | the students of that school. Small surveys could be |
| possibility of being detected in a student drug testing | | | | conducted among the students and their parents to |
| campaign is expected to be deterrent strong enough | | | | judge the level of need for such a program. If the |
| to convince them to abstain from succumbing to | | | | need for drug testing is clear, then the school needs |
| peer pressure and using drugs. Student drug testing | | | | to find funding for the project. A lot of schools are |
| will also identify drug abusers in their adolescence and | | | | already availing themselves of funding from the |
| let their counselors and parents intervene very early | | | | Department of Education for student drug testing as |
| to help the student recover from the habit before it | | | | a part of the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program. |
| is too late. The students who have already | | | | A student drug testing program alone cannot play |
| developed a dependence on drugs could be easily | | | | the whole game. Detection of impaired individuals |
| detected and referred for treatment or rehabilitation | | | | should go hand in hand with intervention and |
| programs. | | | | treatment programs. An individual detected to be |
| It would be very helpful if a person is found and | | | | abusing drugs through a student drug testing |
| helped during the initial stages of his addiction since | | | | program should undergo intervention by his parents, |
| the possibility of his recovery decreases with his | | | | teachers and counselors enabling him to return to a |
| dependency on the drug. Most people start | | | | normal socially productive life. Without this we stand |
| experimenting with drugs when they are in school. | | | | to lose all benefits of the student drug testing |
| Although this is considered natural and safe as long as | | | | programs. |
| they don’t slip into an addiction, these innocent | | | | Once a program for student drug testing has been |
| experiments have the inclination to transform into | | | | formulated and implemented, it will act as a deterrent |
| accidents, violent incidents or overdose. Student drug | | | | against drug abuse for youngsters in the country. |
| testing aims to discourage experimentation among | | | | When we separate the young and impressionable |
| the students to reduce the risk. | | | | from initiation into drug abuse, what we achieve is a |
| It is common to neglect the amount of drug abuse | | | | new generation that is clean from the effects of |
| happening among students by ignoring the facts. | | | | drugs. There has never been a better investment in |
| Most people don’t understand the impact that | | | | the future. |
| student drug testing could make because they do | | | | |