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Release of dopamine:

Triggers Pleasure and happiness in your brain

Want to repeat the feeling

Leads to abuse

Changes in brain

No longer clearly thinking

Affect school work

Possible over dose

Drug Abuse, Users lose

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Drug abuse leading cause of death in teenagers at about 24%

Contributes to over 50% of suicides

90% of violence on school grounds

Leading cause of college drop outs

Source: www.fit.edu

Use in schools: Negative all around

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Identification of commonly abused drugs Discovery of offenders as well as lead to drug

smugglers Pursuance of reach out activities and

programs to victims of drug abuse Further protection and safeguard at school Eliminate influence and peer pressure to use

drugs Educate and liberate students to live a

healthy and productive lifestyle

Source: testingcountry.com

Positive Impact of drug testing in schools

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Problems with testing currently:

Only about 5% of schools report routine drug tests

Drug tests don’t directly correlate with survey responses of students using drugs

Not of whole student body, only random

Costly

Changing The Outcomes: Starting with Testing

Source: www.fit.edu

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Costs about $15 for individual tests on students

Detects: Marijuana, tobacco, cocaine, heroin

Steroids tests cost $100

Only 5% of schools test athletes

Serve two main purposes

Deterrent

Allow early intervention of current users

The Truth About Tests

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4th amendment right states “to be secure in persons houses” “against unreasonable searches and seizures”

Many argue drug testing allowance in schools

However…

Drugs are proven to have negative effects on the body as well as school work

Student’s on school grounds

“I declare the 4th”

Source:

www.unodc.org

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80% of students report seeing drugs being sold or used in school

Over $60 billion a year spent on illegal drugs

Leads to greater punishment outside of school

Needs to be stopped early-at education level

Sales

Source: www.drugabuse.com

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Excite the central nervous system

Most popular in schools: cocaine, nicotine

The effects in the end

Increased aggressiveness

Tremors, headaches, nausea

Long spans of no eating or sleeping

All negatively effect school work

Stimulants

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Most popular in schools: Vicodin, OxyContin

Cause:

Drowsiness

Confusion

Slurred speech

Addiction

Work by interfering with pain messages sent to the brain’s receptors

Pain killers

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To Teach or Test?

Proven to be more preventative

Stops use in future

Informs of effects and changes in body and attitude

May help those who directly or indirectly experience drug problems

Data of drug use in areas

Data on drugs in use

Able to intervene on drug use early

Eliminate those doing drugs who may peer pressures

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Serves to monitor drug education

In order to receive state funds, school must prove their program includes:

Age appropriate material

Teaches that illegal drugs are harmful

Consequences of drugs use on school property

Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989

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Establishing greater parent communication

Teaching negative effects of drug use

Building self esteem

Raising awareness of problems

Creating Confidence

Alternative to reaching for drugs

Goals of Drug Prevention Programs

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Marijuana most popular

2011 Marijuana use :

*8% 8th graders*40% 12th graders

Affects

Decreased studies

Lowers attention span

Decrease in memory

Increasing Popularity

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Something needs to be done today to stop the increasing use of illegal drugs

Concentration on prevention in school

Increase education to lead to prevention

Change now

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