Yes I favor drug testing before admission in school, this is to solve our problems on drug addiction and on the moral issues the school administration takes on reports of their students taking prohibited drugs. Drug testing also screens or filter students, so that only deserving and ideal students would be admitted.
If there is no drug testing before admission, youths who are addicted to this bad habit can enter freely to school and can influence other students to be hooked also in this vice, Thus increasing the population of drug addicts in the community.
Those who are screened to be positive on the test (including their guardians) should be given proper counseling to find out the source of the problem and help the youth mend its ways and continue schooling.
In this modern age smoking and drinking alcohol become a very addicting hobby not only for the elderly but unfortunately for the youth of today’s era. That is why cigarette smoking and alcohol become the most widely used substance of abuse today.
Looking at the picture below:
We can always see these signs posted on wrappers and boxes of cigarette, but even if smokers often see them, they just simply ignore it and keep on practicing their favorite vice. .Smoking
But still what keeps them from smoking even though they are aware of the hazard this hobby can cause? One factor would be availability. Compared to cocaine, marijuana etc. cigarette is legally sold in almost every store in the streets. This gives the smoker more products to buy which makes him/her more hooked to it.
Peer factor or environmental factor can also affect the rate of smokers especially the youth; non-smokers are tempted to try smoking because they can see their friends or members of their family enjoying the habit.
Another factor is that Cigarette contains nicotine an addicting substance, this substance can travel to the brain faster than any injected substance of abuse because it does not need to travel intravenously for the smoker to feel its effect
The withdrawal symptoms are also a big factor why smoking is a hard habit to break. Craving for nicotine is often experienced by people who try to quit smoking. It takes a good and strong self control to fight the urge to smoke.
Drinking alcohol is another major problem, we may not admit it, but mostly teens and pre-adults are the most commonly hooked to this pass-time habit. Like cigarette availability is a factor concerning alcohol addiction. One can buy alcoholic drinks on convenient stores to the nearest store near the drinker’s house. Environmental factors are also critical in developing alcoholism. Friends and peer pressure often mislead to this habit.
And like nicotine alcohol change the state of the mind of the drinker, it can change the mood of the drinker and makes him/her feel a sense of satisfaction that’s why many are hooked to this satisfying effect of alcohol. The more we drink the more the body depends on it, that’s why it is hard to take out of our life and just stop drinking
