Question

Pretend that you have been put on a committee at school or college that must decide whether to start random drug testing at school or college and that students must agree to this in order to remain enrolled. Using information from the text about marijuana, alcohol and opioids, briefly describe how each could affect a student's behavior on campus and also off campus when completing homework. Then write your own opinion as to why you think this could be a good idea, and then write why you think it could be a bad idea. When writing your thread and posts, your content is purely hypothetical and will not be construed as you being for or against such a policy.

Answer 1

Marijuana is second most heavenly used substance on college campuses after alchohol.Recent research has shown that marijuana, taken during teenage years can be damaging to the brain. Marijuana has short term effects of increased heart rate, euphoria, confusion, disturbed sense of time, and in higher doses, paranoia. This may cause significant impairment in learning and concentrating at school and also not remembering what one has learned in the class.

Alcohol is the most consumed drug among college campuses. Most of the parties involves drinking, and sometimes even binge drinking, in which, alcohol is consumed in a very high quantity in a short period of time. This can have great impact on academic performance. It is difficult to concentrate in classes, memory lapses can happen, attendance may be hampered.

Opioid can also lead to many problems on campuses. Opioid can often cause lethargy, drowsiness and other concentration problems. Opiod is a very dangerous drug, opioid overdose can even lead to death.

Pros of drug testing

Students are carefully and less likely to take drugs when they know they going to be tested

Detection of students who are taking drugs

Timely Intervention can be provided to them

When campus is drug free, the academic performance of students will increase

Cons

Loopholes in testing methods can cause the students to cheat and not get caught

It can lead to discrimination, as certain students may be more suspected than others.

Drug testing is an expensive procedure