I am for it. Thanks, -J Individual Rights vs the Good of the Many Name: As part
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I am for it.Thanks, -J Individual Rights vs the Good of the Many Name: As part of the "war on drugs" and in reaction to an increase in school violence, many schools across the nation now conduct targeted searches of student lockers and backpacks. Although the Supreme Court has ruled that public school officials have the right to search students persons and property when they have reasonable cause to suspect weapons or drugs, many people feel this is a gross violation of students' right to privacy. Others feel that since school officials are responsible for the well-being of students while they are in the building, they have the right to search for drugs or weapons at any time. Especially in view of recent events, many advocate that this type of control is vital to ensure the safety of all. How do you feel about this issue? State your position and explain your reasons with specific examples
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I am for it not because I feel that drugs should be banned or are harmful in school and elsewhere but because the country law states that even if the school suspects the any child of having or carrying drugs the first thing the school needs to do is iinform the police and then the parents.
Police officers are permitted to work in the classroom by the school district and do not need to be licensed teachers. There are programs for different age levels.
HOW DOES DRUG USE AFFECT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADES?
Did you know that your brain develops until the age of 25? Anything that you do to disrupt this process—including substance—will affect how your brain develops.
During the brain’s development stage, any type of trauma and/or changes in the brain’s wiring could affect brain function. Drug use is one of the ways that can mess up the wiring. How?
According to NIDA, the brain relies on chemicals called neurotransmitters to get messages from one part of the brain to the other. Each neurotransmitter attaches to its own kind of receptor—like how a key fits into a lock. This allows messages to travel through the brain on the right path. When you use drugs, it interferes with the normal traffic patterns that the neurotransmitters use. The chemical structure in the drugs can imitate and fool the receptors, lock on to them and alter the activity of the nerve cells. This “alteration” can result in messages going in the wrong direction, and reset the way your brain should act or react.
Ultimately this affects the way your brain processes and retains information—and how you think, learn, remember, focus, and concentrate.
Research shows that there is a definite link between teen substance abuse and how well you do in school. Teens who abuse drugs have lower grades, a higher rate of absence from school and other activities, and an increased potential for dropping out of school.
Although we all know or hear stories about people who use drugs and still get great grades, this is not typical. Most people who use drugs regularly don’t consistently do well in school.
Studies show that marijuana, for example, affects your attention, memory, and ability to learn. Its effects can last for days or weeks after the drug wears off. So, if you are smoking marijuana daily, you are not functioning at your best.
Students who smoke marijuanatend to get lower grades and are more likely to drop out of high school. One recent marijuana study showed that heavy marijuana use in your teen years and continued into adulthood can reduce your IQ up to as much as 8 points.
High school dropout rates have also risen as a result of substance abuse.
A study of teens in 12th grade (16-18 years of age) who dropped out of school before graduation are more likely than their peers to be users of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and other illicit drugs.
Illicit drug use among dropouts was higher than for those in school (31.4 percent vs. 18.2 percent). Dropouts were more likely to be current marijuana users than those in school (27.3 percent vs. 15.3 percent) and non-medical users of prescription drugs (9.5 percent vs. 5.1 percent).
Teens who smoke, drink alcohol, binge drink or use marijuana or other drugs are more likely than non-users to drop out of school and less likely than non-users to graduate from high school, attend college or obtain a college degree. One study found that nearly one-third of school dropouts indicate that their use of alcohol or other drugs was an important contributor in their decision to leave school.
Not only that Random student drug testing should also be a part of the school to ensure that all students are hale and hearty at a young age and don't fall in trap to this menace.
Ill Effects of Drugs and why you are so pro to control drug abuse in school or elsewhere:
Health Problems
The impact of drug abuse and dependence can be far-reaching, affecting almost every organ in the human body. Drug use can:
Effects On The Brain
Although initial drug use may be voluntary, drugs have been shown to alter brain chemistry, which interferes with an individual's ability to make decisions and can lead to compulsive craving, seeking and use. This then becomes a substance dependency.
Behavioral Problems
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